NASA publishes a stunning image of the icy planet Uranus
NASA's James Webb Telescope captured a stunning new image of the icy giant planet in the solar system, Uranus.
NASA published the new image, which shows wonderful rings around the planet Uranus, in addition to bright features in its atmosphere.
The agency stated on its website: “The new image features exciting rings, in addition to bright features in the planet’s atmosphere.”
She added: "The seventh planet from the sun, Uranus is unique in that it rotates on its side at an angle of approximately 90 degrees from the plane of its orbit. This causes extreme seasons as the planet's poles are exposed to many years of continuous sunlight, followed by an equal number of years of complete darkness."
Image data of the planet Uranus
On the right side of the planet Uranus, there is a bright area at the pole facing the sun, known as the polar cap, which is a unique cover that appears to appear when the pole receives direct sunlight in the summer, and disappears in the fall, according to NASA.
The new image data helps scientists understand the mechanism of changing the mysterious seasons on the planet Uranus.
NASA indicated that Uranus is characterized as an ice giant, due to the chemical composition of its interior, and it is believed that most of its mass is a hot, dense liquid of icy materials (water, methane, and ammonia), above a small rocky core.
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