A strange and unfamiliar view of Saturn has been captured by the James Webb Space Telescope to help researchers identify its smaller objects and structures
at the University of Leicester, UK. “In the atmosphere, you don’t see the stripes that are characteristic of Saturn at deeper levels, and that’s because this particular wavelength that we chose is a wavelength where the methane gas in Saturn’s atmosphere absorbs almost all the sunlight that’s falling upon it, so it looks really, really dark.
“It’s like the autumn equinox that we would have here on Earth, so it’s high time to go and take another look at the Saturn system,” says Fletcher. Saturn’s unusual look is also partly caused by infrared-sensitive aerosols high up in its stratosphere, which give the planet a blotchy appearance rather than its typical banded structure, says Fletcher. The bright white rings are a result of the extremely reflective grains of ice reflecting sunlight.Voyage across the galaxy and beyond with our space newsletter every month.
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