NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving the younger generation something they’ve probably never seen before — an extremely detailed look at Neptune and its rings, which hasn’t been captured this clearly in over 3 decades.
NASA released the high-res snapshot of the ice giant Wednesday … showing off a crisp view of the planet’s multiple rings — and even its faint dust bands, too.
Some of the rings haven’t been spotted since Voyager 2 first observed Neptune in 1989. Shining bright above the planet is Triton, one of Neptune’s 14 known moons.
Heidi Hammel, a Neptune system expert and scientist for Webb, says this isn’t just breaking ground for the visual of the rings — “this is the first time we’ve seen them in infrared.”
In fact, the infrared cameras are the exact reason why the planet isn’t coming up blue in the pics — looking a little different to die-hard fans of our Solar System’s 8th planet.
This telescope is no joke — as we reported, it’s been giving us great looks at our universe and beyond this year. NASA showed off its capabilities in true form in July, giving everyone a clear view of the Southern Ring planetary nebula (NGC 3132) and its two stars.
We also got a look at 5 galaxies known as Stephan’s Quintet, which NASA describes as colliding galaxies that are “pulling and stretching each other in a gravitational dance.”
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