NASA's Webb Telescope has now captured images of all four gas giants in our solar system

The James Webb Space Telescope recently captured an image of Saturn, the last of the quartet of gas giants to be observed by the telescope.

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By Rex Ravita II

Though we all have differences, there’s one commonality that has prevailed for all of humanity: we are all floating on a rock, flying through outer space at over a million miles an hour.

Thanks to the rapid advancement of technology in the past century, we can observe much more of the universe than we ever thought possible.

The scale and sheer size of the universe make it impossible to truly learn everything, but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.

Here's what's happening in space this week.

The James Webb Space Telescope has officially captured images of the four largest planets in our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Since NASA released its first images exactly one year ago today on July 12, JWST has offered us an array of fascinating new discoveries and breathtaking images. Its first image alone was enough to leave astronomers awestruck.

While exploring the mysterious corners of deep space we've never peered into before is certainly exciting, it's also nice to get a new perspective of celestial objects within our own solar system.

At the end of last month, Webb snapped a new photo of the final gas giant in our solar system to be imaged by the telescope: Saturn. Now, we have a stunning new image collection of the full quartet of outer planets.

Take a look below at the images from JWST of our solar system's largest planets. Use the slider to see how they compare to previous images from the Hubble Telescope.