Knowledge Zone<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PhotoOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PhotoOfTheDay</span></a>: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Saturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Saturn</span></a> by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JWST</span></a></p><p>On June 25, 2023, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope turned to famed ringed world Saturn for its first near-infrared observations of the planet. </p><p>Saturn itself appears extremely dark at this infrared wavelength observed by the telescope, as methane gas absorbs almost all of the sunlight falling on the atmosphere. However, the icy rings stay relatively bright, leading to the unusual appearance of Saturn in the Webb image. </p><p><a href="https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01H3X9BMPCX165ZK9RA49J2416" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">webbtelescope.org/contents/med</span><span class="invisible">ia/images/01H3X9BMPCX165ZK9RA49J2416</span></a></p>