Hold Onto Your Hats: JWST Unveils Unprecedentedly Crisp View of Uranus And Its Rings

[Judi Lynn]

20 December 2023
By PAUL SQUIRE & MORGAN MCFALL-JOHNSEN, BUSINESS INSIDER



Uranus is beautiful. (NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope)

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has done it again.

An enhanced image from the high-powered telescope orbiting in space shows the planet Uranus in stunning new detail.

The photo captures the icy blue planet's elusive rings, atmospheric storms, and many of its 27 moons.



Webb snapped this image of Uranus and some of the planet's 27 moons, like Puck, Rosalind, and Juliet. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScl)
On Monday, NASA the image, which expands on a snapshot revealed earlier this year of the icy tilted world.

The images are a massive step up from the Hubble Space Telescope's attempt, which can barely make out one faint ring around Uranus.



More:
https://www.sciencealert.com/hold-onto-your-hats-jwst-unveils-unprecedentedly-crisp-view-of-uranus-and-its-rings

[Timeflyer]

1. Cool pics--if only I could discuss this planet without giggling...

[birdographer]

2. IKR?

What were they thinking when they named this one? I know it was named after a god, but did they not see what would happen?

[Traildogbob]

3. I know

The headlines made me hope my ass and possible rings there had bit been compromised. 🤔.
But seriously this is awesome. I watched a science show recently detailing how the rings were made and exist. This photo is really cool. Thanks for sharing.

[swong19104]

5. Uranus is a Roman god

way back, during the Greek civilization, it was named Urectum.

[Ilsa]

6. Ok, you got me. I laughed! nt

[dchill]

15. Uranus is much more dignified...

...AND it's beautiful!

[Angleae]

30. (GROAN)

[japple]

7. One of my favorite memes of all time.

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[ArkansasDemocrat1]

10. Say 'Ur-UN-us' instead of 'your anus'

Old astronomer trick. It's what I do. One time I was watching a lunar eclipse and Uranus was just off to the side, a tiny blue jewel in the FOV of my ETX.

[Pluvious]

12. I always correct people too, but...

I've come to just accept the fact that while growing old isn't an option,
growing up, is

[mike_c]

27. I say YOUR-un-us

[ShazzieB]

31. So do I!

Always have, always will. That's how I learned to say it, and I've never felt any need to change.

Besides, wikiHow says that's how astronomers and physicists pronounce it:
https://www.wikihow.com/Pronounce-Uranus

If it's good enough for Carl Sagan, Bill Nye, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson, it's good enough for me!

[speak easy]

34. Like we say

'Ur-UN-ium'? A losing battle.

[Wednesdays]

35. Yeah, but that pronunciation sounds like pee

I tend towards "ooh-RAH-noos."

[ChazInAz]

19. I hesitated to open this after reading the title.

I had no desire to see another picture of Trump.

[Marcuse]

32. Not possible

[aggiesal]

4. When you mentioned Uranus, I thought of Pendejo45. ...

Funny how that happens.

Now back to our regularly a scheduled programming.
Great images. Thanks for sharing.

[lastlib]

16. Natural mistake...Many people SAY....

...that HIS anus has rings around it, too. IDK if it's true, but many people who would know say that.......

[aggiesal]

20. Her name is Ivana Goldenshower. If anyone would know, she would . n/t

[KS Toronado]

8. As blue as Uranus is in the last photo, is there a lot of water there?

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

11. No, it's methane that's responsible for that

I mean, yea, there's some water there, and Uranus probably has more than we have on Earth, but it's frozen in the atmosphere.

[Pas-de-Calais]

9. Small town of St Robert, Missouri off of I-44

Exists the Uranus Fudge Factory and General Store.

https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/

[erronis]

13. Careful clicking that link - someone may be yanking our chains.

Lot's of "interesting" popups appear. No, not baked pop-overs, pop-ups.

[CloudWatcher]

17. Seems to be real

Shows up on Google Maps, street view. Not just a fake web site

Uranus Fudge Factory
14400 Hwy Z
St. Robert, MO

[Pas-de-Calais]

25. Oh it's real, stopped by numerous times to and

from dropping kiddo at Okstate.

Famous line when checking out and leaving

“Thank you for picking Uranus”

[erronis]

14. Great shots!, but I miss Pluto! (Mickey's best friend.)

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Then Pluto Should Have Cleaned Up After Itself!

If it had, it would still be a planet.
But, no! If left a big mess in its orbit.

[LakeArenal]

18. "Uranus is beautiful."

Yeah, all the boys say that.

[GreenWave]

21. Anybody got a pipe wrench for its polar regions?

[Easterncedar]

22. Magically beautiful

Something about those pictures feels like hearing a distant silvery bell.

[AllaN01Bear]

23. wow. uranus , who knew.!!

[3Hotdogs]

24. What does toilet paper and the Star Ship Enterprise have in common?

--- actually it doesn't work well in print...

They both circle yer anus looking for Klingons.

[Ferrets are Cool]

26. JWST has flipped the scientific world on it's collective head.

Especially with the theory of the Big Bang and the orgins of the universe.

[FakeNoose]

28. I don't know ... to me this looks like it's digitally-enhanced CGI

Maybe I've seen too many Star Wars-type movies.

[TeamProg]

29. WOW!

[LaMouffette]

33. In these horrific times, we need the comic relief of a planet named "Uranus"! I think that that's why God/Buddha/Allah

/"The Hindu Floatie Thing" came up with farts, too.

Happy Holidays, DU! Love y'all!