The pictures, taken in July and released Wednesday ... In reality, it’s no star—it’s Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, which is covered by a frozen layer of nitrogen, according to Space.com.

with its largest moon Triton, which orbits the planet backward, appearing with diffraction spikes, which are seen in many pictures from Webb, NASA said. The planet Neptune and seven of its 14 ...

Along with its bright rings, the Webb observatory spied Neptune's fainter dust bands and seven of the planet's 14 known moons. The last time Neptune's rings were seen in detail was during a flyby ...

The pictures taken in July show not only Neptune's thin rings, but its faint dust bands, never before observed in the infrared, as well as seven of its 14 known moons. Webb showed Jupiter at its ...

The pictures taken in July show not only Neptune’s thin rings, but its faint dust bands, never before observed in the infrared, as well as seven of its 14 known moons. Webb showed Jupiter at its ...

The photos were stacked — or layered on ... after his daughter, Violet. Neptune and its largest moons, appear in an image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. However, its newest additions ...

More about the James Webb Telescope: James Webb Telescope photos are dazzling ... names from mythological characters. One of Neptune’s moons for example is called "Triton" after the son ...

On May 1, 1949, Neptune's moon Nereid was discovered by the Dutch ... Voyager 2 did get some pictures of Nereid, but they were taken from nearly 3 million miles away and were pretty pixelated.