Looking back - Uranus's rings and moons glow in infrared in beautiful Webb Telescope image

In 2023, scientists released possibly the most spectacular view of Uranus ever seen.

The image was captured by James Webb Space Telescope and shows the planet's north polar cloud cap in infrared light.

Also in the image are Uranus’s incredible rings and a collection of Uranus's moons , which appear as tiny pinpricks of light in and around the ring system.

See the latest James Webb Space Telescope images and an image of Uranus captured by Hubble and New Horizons

We’re used to seeing Uranus as a light blue disc, but the view of the planet through Webb’s infrared eye is startlingly different.

In this new image of Uranus we can see the planet’s seasonal north polar cloud cap, including the white inner cap and a dark lane in the bottom of the polar cap.