James Webb telescope captures clearest view of Neptune's rings in decades

Updated: Sep 22 2022 5:38PM

James Webb telescope captures clearest view of Neptune's rings in decades

Washington, Sep 22 (PTI) The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first images of Neptune, revealing the clearest view of the distant planet's rings in more than 30 years, according to NASA.

The most striking feature in the image is the crisp view of the planet's rings -- some of which have not been detected since NASA's Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe Neptune during its flyby in 1989, the US space agency said.

In addition to several bright, narrow rings, the Webb image clearly shows Neptune's fainter dust bands.

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