James Webb Space Telescope's Infrared Images of Planet Uranus

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The planet Uranus was discovered by William Herschel, a German-British astronomer and composer, on March 13, 1781. In this video: Uranus facts: size and distance, outer rings of Uranus, known moons and natural satellites of Uranus, orbit and rotation, Uranus position from the Sun. Images of Uranus captured by the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Images of Uranus captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). #space #science #astronomy #planet #universe #nasa #jwst #telescope

The JWST is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy and was launched on 25 December 2021. In January 2022 it arrived at its destination, about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.

Credits: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), The European Space Agency (ESA), The Canadian Space Agency (CSA), The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), J. DePasquale (STScI) / L. Sromovsky (University of Wisconsin) / Erich Karkoschka, University of Arizona. / Uranus X-ray: NASA/CXO/University College London/W. Dunn et al; Optical: W.M. Keck Observatory. / Mark Showalter (SETI Institute), Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael H. Wong (UC Berkeley), Andrew I. Hsu (UC Berkeley). / Hubble Space Telescope Over the Earth: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen). / Music: "Fantasy" by: Andrew kn, Freesound. / Robot animation by visual composer & videographer: Dantegráfico/Spacetrip, Pixabay. / James Webb Space Telescope animation by: ezstudiophoto, stock adobe. Uranus thumbnail by: vecstock, Freepik

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