Sep 22, 2022
No spacecraft has visited Neptune since 1989 when the NASA Voyager 2 flew past it when it was making its way out of the solar system.
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Recently the James Webb Space Telescope provided us with the opportunity to return to the giant planet.
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Well, sort of, It gave us the clearest view of the planet. The clearest look at Neptune in 30 years.
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The Webb's view of Neptune provides us with an unprecedented glimpse of the planet in infrared light as well.
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The Hubble Space Telescope has taken several images of the planet but none have the same level of detail.
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The powerful telescope not only gave us a glimpse of the planet itself but also revealed the myriad of galaxies behind it.
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The most prominent thing in the telescope's view was Neptune's rings, seen encircling the planet at a slight tilt.
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Across the planet there are bright spots believed to be clouds of methane ice, which rise high into the planet’s skies and can persist for days.
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Neptune is four times as wide as Earth and is the most distant planet, adding to its ice-cold exterior.
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These are only the latest images from the telescopes tour of our solar system and there are plans for it view Saturn, Uranus and even the dwarf planet Pluto.
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