James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Unprecedented Detail of Uranus

New Images Show Rings, Moons, and Seasonal Polar Cap, Informing Future Missions and Exoplanet Studies

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of Uranus, revealing its rings, moons, storms, and a seasonal polar cap in unprecedented detail.
The images show Uranus' dim inner and outer rings, including the elusive Zeta ring, the faintest and closest to the planet.
Webb also imaged many of the planet's 27 known moons, some of which are located within the rings.
The images reveal a seasonal north polar cloud cap, which becomes more prominent as the planet's pole begins to point toward the Sun, approaching its solstice.
The data from these images will be invaluable for planning future missions to Uranus and for studying similarly sized exoplanets.