NASA has revealed the clearest view of Neptune’s rings in over 30 years. It posted four similar stunning images on its Instagram account. Nasa wrote: “@NASAWebb captured the cleare…
The blue object is actually one of Neptune's moons and not a starNasa wrote: "@NASAWebb captured the clearest look at Neptune's rings in 30+ years — our first time seeing them in infrared light.
"Swipe to the second and third images to check out 7 of Neptune’s moons. See that object in the upper left? That’s no star. "It’s Neptune’s large, unusual moon, Triton! Because Triton is covered in frozen, condensed nitrogen, it reflects 70% of the sunlight that hits it — making it appear very bright to Webb.Nasa has credited its powerful James Webb Space Telescope with the images.The US space agency added: "Neptune’s moon Triton, resembling a small teal snowflake, is the central focal point, with a tiny ringed, pearl-like Neptune below and to the right of it.
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