Planet Saturn: Wide-field view (infrared) | James Webb Space Telescope
This wider infrared view of Saturn was captured on November 29, 2024 by the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope. Saturn’s bright rings glow in reflected sunlight, and Webb’s observations reveal structures throughout the planet’s banded atmosphere. Several of Saturn’s larger moons appear across the field of view, including Titan (far left), Janus, Dione, Enceladus, Mimas, and Tethys.
Image Description: A wide look at Saturn and several of its moons on the black background of space. Image is labeled Saturn, Webb Infrared Light, November 29, 2024. Saturn has horizontal bands, with bands at the north and south poles appearing darker orange and lightening to tan as they approach the equator. The north and south poles glow a greenish-grey. The rings appear in an icy neon white. White dots, representing several of Saturn’s moons, are labeled Titan, Janus, Dione, and Enceladus. Titan is the largest dot, and appears at the far left of the image, some distance away from Saturn and the other moons.
Webb is an international partnership between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Webb is the largest, most powerful telescope ever launched into space. Under an international collaboration agreement, ESA provided the telescope’s launch service, using the Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Working with partners, ESA was responsible for the development and qualification of Ariane 5 adaptations for the Webb mission and for the procurement of the launch service by Arianespace. ESA also provided the workhorse spectrograph NIRSpec and 50% of the mid-infrared instrument MIRI that was designed and built by a consortium of nationally funded European Institutes (The MIRI European Consortium) in partnership with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the University of Arizona.
Release Date: March 25, 2026
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