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In one more mind-boggling photograph from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers have caught the clearest perspective on Neptune, and it's stunning

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We've realized Neptune has had rings encasing its planet for some time. However, we've never seen them like this.

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The Close Infrared Camera instrument on the telescope had the option to catch shocking photographs on account of its exact instruments

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Webb caught seven of Neptune's 14 known moons: Galatea, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Proteus, Larissa

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Unlike different pictures taken of Neptune, the JWST photographs don't show the planet as blue, yet all the same as red.

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[{"selector":"#anim-5d40714a-d7b1-4756-8e13-83022a63f319 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(14.289418870446507%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The methane gas so unequivocally ingests red and infrared light that the planet is dim at these close infrared frequencies, except where high-elevation mists are available," NASA makes sense Picture Credit: Gettyimages

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