Neptune's faint rings glimmer in new James Webb Space Telescope image

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Neptune's faint rings glimmer in new James Webb Space Telescope image
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The powerful space telescope shows off Neptune's unsung rings, showing off the ice giant in a whole new way.

that the thin line of brightness circling the planet’s equator could be a sign that there is atmospheric circulation that fuels Neptune’s winds and storms. It glows at infrared wavelengths more than the surrounding cooler gases because the atmosphere drops down and warms at Neptune’s equator., so its northern pole is just out of view for astronomers. However, the

images show a possible brightness up there. can see a previously-known vortex at Neptune’s southern pole, but a continuous band of high-latitude clouds surrounding it was revealed for the first time in these images. also captured pictures of seven of Neptune’s 14 known moons .

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