JWST Observes Mars Very Carefully

JWST captured a pair of infrared images of Mars taken at two different wavelengths that reveal thermal features due to sunlight.

IMAGE: First Webb observations of Mars. CREDIT: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci, MARS JWST/GTO team

If it feels like we’re getting a lot of “JWST does something for the first time” stories this year… it’s because we are. That’s by design for a couple of reasons. One, obviously, is to get the…