The images also show Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow Earth, moving across the planet alongside countless smaller storms.
Tom Gillespie ~ Sky News
The world's most powerful telescope has captured images of Jupiter showing faint rings around the planet and two tiny moons against a glittering background of galaxies.
The images taken by the James Webb Telescope also captured unprecedented views of Jupiter's northern and southern lights.
The photos also show Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow Earth, moving across the planet alongside countless smaller storms.
One wide-field picture shows faint rings around the solar system's biggest planet as well as two tiny moons.
"We've never seen Jupiter like this. It's all quite incredible," planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, of the University of California, Berkeley, said in a statement.