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New Webb Image Captures Clearest View of Neptune’s Rings in Decades
Release date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 12:00:00 PM Coordinated Universal Time
Infrared Observations Tease Out Never Seen Atmospheric and Ring Details
Neptune lurks in one of the dimmest parts of our solar system. With its complex rings, bizarre moon, Triton, and roaring winds faster than the speed of sound here on Earth, Neptune has long perplexed astronomers. Just one spacecraft, Voyager 2, has ever visited this far-flung planet, and observations from both space- and ground-based telescopes over the years have tracked the many turbulent storms.
Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s first look at this ice giant is giving us a long-awaited glimpse of those crisp rings and teasing out details of its mysterious storms.
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