The first images of Jupiter from JWST that we have seen were fromits commissioning phaseand delivered incredible infrared quality . However , those range of a function sick in compare to the first proper scientific images of the gun giant released today . The freshly publish observance have such a layer of particular that not only can we see social system in the turbulent atmosphere of Jupiter , but we can see the planet ’s rings , some of itsmoons , and evenaurorae . The image are simply extraordinary .
JWST observes the universe in infrared light , which is invisible to us . The colors in these image are mapped from three dissimilar filters onto colour we can see . Blue has the shortest infrared wavelength and they are the hotter surface area , liken to the longer wavelength hound in red .
In the image focused on Jupiter above , the aurorae and some of the high - height hazes are map out in red . Deeper clouds layers and daze are in green or yellow . The deepest parting are in blue . The whitened regions , like the middle of theGreat Red Spot , are due to reflected sunlight .
The glorious image of Jupiter by JWST. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt
In the wider image above , we can see not just Jupiter but also a diffraction spike from volcanic moon Io , the flatulency giant’svery thin ring system , and its inner moonlight Amalthea and Adrastea , the second and third fast moonsin the Solar System . And those fuzzy dot all around it ? Those are remote galaxies photobombing the gravid planet in the Solar System .
JWST may have take over a decade to arrive at space but all these unbelievable images we are seeing now make it well worth the wait .
Annotated image of the inner Jovian system taken on 15 April 2025. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Ricardo Hueso (UPV/EHU) and Judy Schmidt
