Scientists Find Peculiar Differences in Two Uranian Rings

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JWST's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) took this image of Uranus on Feb. 6, 2023. It reveals stunning views of the planet’s rings. Combined observations by JWST, HST, and Keck Observatory zeroed in on two of the innermost rings to study their different compositions. Courtesy NASA/JWST.

The planet Uranus is a weird place. Not only does it roll around the Sun on its side once every 84.3 Earth years, it also sports a spindly set of rings corralled in some places by strange little moons. Two of those rings, the μ (mu) and ν (nu) rings are incredibly faint, which makes them challenging to study.

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