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Now, when your relatives are arguing during Thanksgiving, you have something to stare at: NASA has just released a series of amazing new photos of the most distant planets in the solar system, these photos were taken by Hubble Space earlier this fall Taken with a telescope.

The new images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are part of Hubble’s annual "Great Parade" to record the changes of the outer planets year after year. Although Hubble has more than 30 years of history, it is still one of the best instruments for humans to observe other inhabitants of the solar system and provide clues to what is happening in our neighbors 5 billion miles away.

For example, in the picture of Jupiter on September 4, Hubble scientists pointed out that several new storms appeared to have appeared above Jupiter's equator. Although it was predicted a few years ago that it will disappear now, its thick red belt still lingers.

This picture of Saturn on September 12 does not reveal anything surprising or new, but the different colors of the Saturn belt are more prominent this year.

Considering that Hubble has had a difficult time recently, we are very lucky to get these. On October 25th, after multiple errors occurred during the data synchronization process, the entire instrument went into safe mode. During the scientists' efforts to repair the old boy, all but the most important functions were basically stopped.

This photo taken on October 25 highlights the northern hemisphere of Uranus. The brightness of the white north pole has increased due to the absorption of ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

On November 7, one of Hubble’s cameras restarted without any problems, but the rest of the instruments were still offline. The telescope was launched in 1990, showing its age, and now it is almost certain that it has reached its final stage.

Researchers discovered a new storm on Neptune through this September 7 photo, and a black spot can be seen in the northern hemisphere.

But as Hubble drifts weightlessly toward the sunset, it will soon get some new company. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, often referred to as Hubble’s successor, will launch into orbit on December 22 and is expected to provide Hubble-like insights into thousands of distant worlds outside the solar system. It can even tell us whether one of them is as habitable as the earth.

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