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Bill McLoughlin

NASA releases ‘remarkable’ images of Neptune’s rings seen for first time in infrared

Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) images objects in the near-infrared range from 0.6 to 5 microns

(Picture: NASA)

NASA has released new images of Neptune’s planetary rings in what has been heralded as some of the clearest shots of the planet in decades.

The images were taken from the James Webb Space Telescope and shows the rings around the planet for the first time since the Voyager 2 mission flew past the ice giant in 1989.

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