JWST reveals surprising new details about Uranus.
TL;DR
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the first image of Uranus, revealing a featureless and monochrome planet similar to the images captured by Voyager 2 in 1986. Uranus is unique in the Solar System as it rotates on its side, and its poles experience 42 years of sunlight and 42 years of darkness as it orbits the Sun. Uranus will reach solstice in 2028, and the ideal launch window for an orbiter-and-probe mission to Uranus occurs between 2030 and 2034, which could give us a never-before-seen, close-up view of the planet.
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