Facebook X Reddit Email Save. Jupiter, the fifth planet in our solar system and by far most massive, is a treasure trove of scientific discovery. Last year a pair of studies found that the planet ...

The telescope also spotted Jupiter's thin rings made of dust particles from debris, visible auroras at Jupiter's northern and southern poles, and two of the planet's moons, Amalthea and Adrastea.

A James Webb Space Telescope view of Jupiter and its moons in infrared shows that the planet's rings are much thinner than those of Saturn. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/B. Holler/J. Stansberry/STScI) ...

Webb's new images of Jupiter show two of the planet's moons, Amalthea and Adrastea. Adrastea, the smaller of the two, measures just 12 miles across, according to NASA .

Jupiter's Auroras, Moons And Rings via JW Space Telescope. Posted: February 25, 2025 | Last updated: March 23, 2025. James Webb Space Telescope Sees Jupiter's Rings, Moons and Auroras Credit ...

Jupiter and one of its many moons, Europa are seen through the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument 2.12 micron filter. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and B. Holler and J. Stansberry ...

Jupiter, however, got its rings later when small meteorites impacted the planet’s moons and threw up dust that formed into the rings. As for Uranus and Neptune, which also have faint rings, no ...

Jupiter's massive moons may be the reason why the gas giant never formed rings like its neighbor ... Jupiter's Moons Accused of Sucking Up the Planet's Rings. by Frank Landymore. 7.27.22, 4:30 PM EDT.

Scientists have spotted 12 more moons around Jupiter, adding to an already-huge number that just seems to grow and grow. There's so many moons around this gas giant planet that astronomer Scott ...

There's a new moon king in our solar system: 12 new moons were discovered around Jupiter, which makes it the planet with the most moons. Jupiter is already the biggest planet in our solar system.

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...