Stock Photo - Fans of Jupiter will recognize some familiar features of our solar system€™s enormous planet in these images seen through Webb€™s infrared gaze. A view from the NIRCam instrument€™s short-wavelength filter shows distinct bands that encircle the planet as well as the Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow the Earth. The iconic spot appears white in this image because of the way Webb€™s infrared image was processed. €œCombined with the deep field images released [earlier], these images of Jupiter demonstrate the full grasp of what Webb can observe, from the faintest, most distant observable galaxies to planets in our own cosmic backyard that you can see with the naked eye from your actual backyard,€ said Bryan Holler, a scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, who helped plan these observations. On the left, Jupiter glows in yellow with darker orange bands across it. Clearly visible at left is Europa, a moon with a probable ocean below its thick icy crust, and the target of NASA€™s forthcoming Europa Clipper mission. What€™s more, Europa€™s shadow can be seen to the left of the Great Red Spot. Other visible moons in these images include Thebe and Metis. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and B. Holler and J. Stansberry (STScI) via CNP. - Washington/District of Columbia/

Stock Photo: Fans of Jupiter will recognize some familiar features of our solar system€™s enormous planet in these images seen through Webb€™s infrared gaze.

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