Saturn’s rings are glowing in Webb Space Telescope’s latest cosmic shot

Saturn has a fresh new look thanks to NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. The gas giant is dark in the latest photo by Webb, released Friday, but its icy rings are glowing. Webb snapped the picture in the infrared last weekend. At this wavelength, the planet appears dark because sunlight is absorbed by methane in the atmosphere. But the icy rings remain bright. Three of Saturn’s many moons also got caught on camera.

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Saturn：土星 🪐（农神萨图恩；土星具体太阳远，因此土星座的人性情阴郁冷漠，saturinine，阴郁的，阴沉的）

glow：发光；热情

icy：冰冷的

infrared：红外线（infra- 低于，red 红色的）

absorb：吸收；理解

methane：甲烷；沼气