Image of planet Uranus taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Source: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54879990600/sizes/o/ Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck CC BY Colourised image created processing data from: mast.stsci.edu NASA/ESA JWST Webb Space Telescope Instrument: NIRCAM Title: CAL-NRC-421: NIRCam Linearity Characterization Target: Uranus Time: 2025-10-06 Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M Observation ID: jw08975-o001_t001_nircam_f150w2-f162m-sub320, jw08975-o001_t001_nircam_clear-f410m-sub320 Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj PI Institution: Space Telescope Science Institute Proposal ID: 8975 www.stsci.edu/jwst-program-info/program/?program=8975 Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck CC BY

1/2 Uranus as seen by JWST

Taken on: October 6, 2025
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Image of planet Uranus taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Source: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54879990600/sizes/o/ Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck CC BY Colourised image created processing data from: mast.stsci.edu NASA/ESA JWST Webb Space Telescope Instrument: NIRCAM Title: CAL-NRC-421: NIRCam Linearity Characterization Target: Uranus Time: 2025-10-06 Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M Observation ID: jw08975-o001_t001_nircam_f150w2-f162m-sub320, jw08975-o001_t001_nircam_clear-f410m-sub320 Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj PI Institution: Space Telescope Science Institute Proposal ID: 8975 www.stsci.edu/jwst-program-info/program/?program=8975 Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck CC BY

2/2 Uranus as seen by JWST

Taken on: October 6, 2025
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Jupiter is filling half of the image. The equatorial jet is visible with storms circulating around the planet. The image is processed to show the planet in different hues of red and blue. Source: https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing?source=public&ob_from=&ob_to=&phases%5B%5D=PERIJOVE+69&users%5B%5D=21938&perpage=16

4/4 Jupiter seen by Juno during Perijove 69

Taken on: January 28, 2025
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Jupiter is filling half of the image with stroms all around. The image is processed to show the planet in different hues of blue. Source: https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing?id=17701

3/4 Jupiter seen by Juno during Perijove 72

Taken on: May 21, 2025
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Six images of Saturn and its rings over the years. One image per year from 2020 where the rings are clearly visible. In 2025 Saturn crossed Equinox which means that the rings were edge on and can hardly be seen. Source: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/224831/planet/by-natan_fontes?gallery_order=created_timestamp&gallery_page=1&gallery_username=Natan_Fontes

2/4 Saturn Equinox: The Rings Appear to Disappear

Taken on: Oct. 2025
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Image of planet Uranus taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Source: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54879990600/sizes/o/ Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck CC BY Colourised image created processing data from: mast.stsci.edu NASA/ESA JWST Webb Space Telescope Instrument: NIRCAM Title: CAL-NRC-421: NIRCam Linearity Characterization Target: Uranus Time: 2025-10-06 Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M Observation ID: jw08975-o001_t001_nircam_f150w2-f162m-sub320, jw08975-o001_t001_nircam_clear-f410m-sub320 Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj PI Institution: Space Telescope Science Institute Proposal ID: 8975 www.stsci.edu/jwst-program-info/program/?program=8975 Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck CC BY

1/4 Uranus as seen by JWST

Taken on: October 6, 2025
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An Adolescent Growth Spurt In Young Stars Helps Giant Planets Form Intermediate mass stars experience periods of rapid growth in their late stages of formation. The growing young star emits more radiation that encourages greater accretion. Rather than depleting their...

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Interstellar dust in space

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New Model Explains Giant Planet Jet Streams What can equatorial jet streams on gas giant planets teach scientists about gas giant planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a...

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These Giant Planets Are So Weird They’re Making Astronomers Rewrite the Rules Researchers are studying eccentric warm Jupiters, giant exoplanets that follow odd, elongated orbits unlike anything in our solar system. These strange worlds seem to obey rules no existing model can...

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Silane Found in Ancient Brown Dwarf Reveals Giant Planet Chemistry

JWST detects silane (SiH4) in the ancient brown dwarf “The Accident,” about 50 light‑years away and 10‑12 billion years old, shedding light on giant‑planet chemistry. Read more: getnews.me/silane-found-in-ancient-... #silane #browndwarf #giantplanets

A Cosmic Accident Just Exposed the Hidden Chemistry of Giant Planets A strange cosmic object nicknamed “The Accident” has given scientists their first glimpse of a rare silicon-based molecule long expected in the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, and other giant planets....

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Ancient Brown Dwarf Reveals Missing Silicon Mystery in Giant Planets All the science news you can handle in a single feed

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Can Dark Matter Turn Giant Planets Into Black Holes? Scientists’ model indicates that dark matter inside gas giants could collapse into black holes detectable by observation. Astronomers have identified more than 5,000 planets orbiting stars outside our...

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See a young star potentially giving birth to a giant planet in new image from Very Large Telescope New images of a young star, 2MASSJ1612, could have captured the birth of a giant gas planet larger than Jupiter.

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