The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope captured an amazing view of the planet Uranus, its rings and moons. Webb's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) snapped the imagery. Credit: Space.com | imagery ...

What will really astound astronomers, however, is the fact that JWST's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument is sensitive enough to have captured the innermost two of Uranus' dusty rings.

The James Webb Space Telescope recently captured an image of Uranus ... sensitivity for the faintest dusty rings, which have only ever been imaged by two other facilities: the Voyager 2 ...

Two other, faint outer rings ... more on Uranus' atmospheric composition, helping scientists better understand this unusual gas giant.The space observatory's powerful Near-Infrared Camera, or ...

Most pictures of Uranus ... main rings of the planet, and two are the fainter dusty rings discovered by Voyager 2. Scientists expect that future Webb images of the planet will reveal the other ...

In particular, the interactions are at their peak when the moons are in "mean motion resonances" with the rings. A mean motion resonance between two orbiting ... the other moons and Uranus itself ...

Nine rings are classified as the main rings, while the other two are harder ... uncover more on Uranus' atmospheric composition, helping scientists better understand this unusual gas giant.The space ...