If you were looking for images of Jupiter, you wouldn't see them, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there all along.
A shot of the Gas Giant was buried in a document about testing that was released by NASA yesterday.
The telescope took one incredible shot with two different filters, which was supposed to focus on different light wavelength.
When they found the easter egg, they were pretty excited.
It was ordered by NASA to take a multi-filtered image of Jupiter to see how well it would do when focused on a "bright planet," as well as its satellite moons and rings.
Capturing Jupiter in all its gaseous glory wasn't just an incredible scientific feat on its own; it also helped prove that the Webb is up to the task of capturing planets and their moons.
"JWST is able to achieve the discoveries for which it was built," the report said.
"JWST was intended to enable fundamental breakthrough in our understanding of the formation and evolution of galaxies, stars, and planetary systems," it stated.
It appears that the Webb is doing better than anticipated.
New Scientist has a picture of Jupiter.
Awesome tool shows how much better the jwst's images are compared to the Hubble's
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