The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a luminous Neptune and its delicate, dusty rings in detail not seen in decades, NASA said Wednesday. The last time astronomers had such a clear view of the farthest planet from the Sun was when NASA's Voyager 2 became the first and only space probe to fly past the ice giant for just a few hours in 1989.

James Webb telescope captures detailed image of Neptune and its delicate, dusty rings

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James Webb telescope captures detailed image of Neptune and its delicate, dusty rings