James Webb Telescope Shows Spectacular Images

James Webb Space Telescope

Spectacular images show Neptune’s rings

The planet Neptune hovers in the center of some of the rings.

Source: Space Telescope Science Institute

The James Webb Space Telescope was built jointly by space agencies in Europe, the United States and Canada. It is now providing spectacular images that show the rings of the planet Neptune with exceptional clarity.

Berlin. The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the planet Neptune. Giant rings of ice can be seen in the picture with extraordinary clarity, as announced by the European Space Agency Esa. The bands of dust around the planet are also clearly visible.

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A thin bright line around the equator could be a sign of the atmospheric circulation driving Neptune’s winds and storms. The North Pole is no longer visible to binoculars. However, the recording indicated unusual brightness in the region.

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“James Webb” was built jointly by the space agencies in Europe (ESA), the USA (NASA) and Canada (CSA) and was launched on 25 December from the European Spaceport Kourou in French Guiana on the Ariane launch vehicle – The latter were the first cost explosions and repeated postponements.

The first images from the telescope were published in mid-July and provide the deepest and most detailed insights ever taken into space.

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