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NASA releases new images of Uranus, offering glimpse of one rarely seen feature
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0:37Now PlayingStunning new images released by NASA on Monday detailed new images of Uranus, revealing a stunning look at its glowing rings and one rarely seen feature.
The photos, taken by NASA’s high-power James Webb Space Telescope, captured the icy planet along with its multiple inner and outer rings, nine of its 27 known moons and a seasonal polar cap.
The new pictures offer a rare glimpse of the “elusive” Zeta ring, an extremely faint and diffuse ring closest to the planet — shown in a reddish brown.
Multiple other rings were captured in a glowing blue.
The Webb telescope also grabbed snapshots of atmospheric happenings on the freezing planet, including Uranus’ seasonal north polar cloud cap and several storms near it.
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