We've just been given a spectacular new perspective on what is possibly the oddest ball in the Solar System.
The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its golden, infrared gaze on the enigmatic seventh world from the Sun, Uranus – and the image it returned has revealed the turquoise planet in gleaming glory. Moons, rings, and all.
Thankfully that infrared sensitivity can do more than look deep into space to peer at the dawn of the Universe; it's just as useful for looking at things closer to home to help understand the mysteries of our own Solar System. Since infrared wavelengthsAlthough the time allocated was a brief 12 minutes, the space telescope could still resolve never-before-seen details.
And they weren't wrong. The data reveals a subtle but unmistakable region of enhanced brightening at the center of the polar cap.
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