The US space agency Nasa has published impressive photos of Jupiter provided by the James Webb Space Telescope.
"We honestly didn't expect it to be that good," said astronomer Imke de Pater of the University of California at Berkeley on Monday (local time).
"It's amazing how we can see details on Jupiter, including the rings, the small satellites and even the galaxies."
De Pater led the research with Thierry Fouchet from the Paris Observatory.
The images were taken with a camera whose spectrum reached close to the ultra-red.
Then the images were artificially colored because ultra-red light is imperceptible to the human eye.
An image shows Jupiter's faint rings and its moons Amalthea and Adrastea.
Aurora clearly visible
Even the northern lights can be seen over the north and south poles, as the European space agency Esa writes.
The ringed planet's famous Great Red Spot is also clearly visible, albeit in white for physical reasons.
The Red Spot, a hurricane, is larger than Earth.
The James Webb telescope, which was also built with German participation, was launched in December after decades of preparation.
It is now more than a million kilometers from Earth.
It explores the early days of the cosmos, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang around 13.8 billion years ago.
Astronomers hope to draw conclusions about the formation of the first stars and galaxies.
The telescope also searches space for exoplanets.