Europe 1 with AFP 7:04 p.m., August 23, 2022, modified at 7:04 p.m., August 23, 2022

The powerful James Webb Telescope has once again provided magnificent images of our solar system.

This time, NASA's tool captured Jupiter, the largest planet in the Milky Way.

Thanks to a snapshot, we can observe auroras at the poles of the planet.

A larger view also shows two of these moons.

Two small moons, nebulous rings and glowing poles: NASA has released impressive new images of Jupiter thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope.

"It's really remarkable to be able to see details of Jupiter with its rings, its small satellites and even galaxies, all in a single image", welcomed Monday Imke de Pater, astronomer at the University of Berkeley. , in a NASA blog post.

Highly accurate images

At the poles of the most massive planet in our solar system emerge fluorescent lights: these are the auroras of Jupiter which, as for our Earth, are made up of particles from the Sun which react to the magnetic field of the star.

These images also show the surface of this gas giant with its winds, storms and fogs.

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New Webb images of Jupiter highlight the planet's features, including its turbulent Great Red Spot (shown in white here), in amazing detail.

These images were processed by citizen scientist Judy Schmidt: https://t.co/gwxZOitCE3pic.twitter.com/saz0u61kJG

— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) August 22, 2022

A larger view shows Jupiter with its very thin rings and two moons, Amalthea and Adrastea.

These images are taken from observations of a tool by James Webb, NiRcam, which observes the near infrared, a field invisible to the naked eye.

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The data collected, which will be studied by researchers to better understand Jupiter's inner workings, has been adapted to derive these illustrations visible to the human eye.

A $10 billion engineering gem, the James Webb Telescope was launched into space almost eight months ago and is 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.