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NASA has just released new images of Uranus. Captured by JWST, the images show incredible details of the planet and its surrounding rings and moons.
Uranus Orbiter and Probe: Not earlier than 2031 [132] Falcon Heavy: NASA: Orbiter In progress Proposed to study Uranus and its moons, along with deploying an atmospheric probe to analyze Uranus's atmosphere. [132] 10 Uranus Pathfinder: Uranus Pathfinder: 2022, [133] in baseline concept January 2025 N/A, in baseline concept an Atlas V 551 ESA ...
Illustrations depict how Uranus' magnetosphere, or protective bubble, was behaving before Voyager 2's arrival (left) and during the spacecraft's flyby (right).
The exploration of Uranus has, to date, been through telescopes and a lone probe by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, which made its closest approach to Uranus on January 24, 1986. Voyager 2 discovered 10 moons , studied the planet's cold atmosphere , and examined its ring system , discovering two new rings.
The first dark spot observed on Uranus. Image obtained by the HST ACS in 2006. In the 1990s, the number of the observed bright cloud features grew considerably, partly because new high-resolution imaging techniques became available. [23] Most were found in the northern hemisphere as it started to become visible. [23]
Rings, moons, storms and a bright polar cap all shine in a new image of Uranus captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.
The μ and ν rings of Uranus (R/2003 U1 and U2) in Hubble Space Telescope images from 2005 In 2003–2005, the Hubble Space Telescope detected a pair of previously unknown rings, now called the outer ring system, which brought the number of known Uranian rings to 13. [ 13 ]
Astronomers have used telescope data to color-correct Voyager 2 images of Neptune and Uranus, revealing that the planets have a similar greenish blue hue.