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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2026 January 18   
       The featured image shows Jupiter in infrared light as captured by the   
         James Webb Space Telescope. Visible in unusually dark colors are   
       Jupiter's clouds including the Great Red Spot, a ring, several moons,   
          and bright aurora. Please see the explanation for more detailed   
                                   information.   
      
                       Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope   
        Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; Processing: Ricardo   
                          Hueso (UPV/EHU) & Judy Schmidt   
      
      Explanation: This infrared view of Jupiter by Webb is illuminating.   
      High-resolution infrared images of Jupiter from the James Webb Space   
      Telescope (Webb) reveal, for example, differences between high-floating   
      bright clouds -- including the Great Red Spot -- and low-lying dark   
      clouds. Also clearly visible in the featured Webb image are Jupiter's   
      dust ring, bright auroras at the poles, and Jupiter's moons Amalthea   
      and Adrastea. The footprint of large volcanic moon Io's magnetic   
      funneling of charged particles onto Jupiter is also visible in the   
      southern aurora. Some objects are so bright that light noticeably   
      diffracts around Webb's optics creating streaks. Webb, which orbits the   
      Sun near the Earth, has a mirror over six meters across making it the   
      largest astronomical telescope ever launched -- with over six times   
      more light-collecting area than Hubble.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: interstellar garlic   
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