James Webb telescope captures surreal images of Jupiter's auroras

The James Webb Space Telescope team is still flexing its ability to capture detailed images close to home. Webb has snapped a pair of near-infrared photos showing Jupiter's polar auroras. You can also see the planet's extremely faint rings and two of its smaller moons, Amalthea (the bright spot to the far left) and Adrastea (the dot at the left edge of the central ring). The pictures were taken using NIRCam's widefield view on July 27th. As for the trippy visuals? Astronomers created composites ...