The James Webb Space Telescope has captured Neptune in a whole new light. The $10 billion-dollar NASA observatory captured the clearest view of the ice planet's rings in more than 30 years.

New images released from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are revealing Neptune, and the planet's hard-to-detect rings, in a fresh light.

Infrared camera (NIRCam) captured stunning imagery of Neptune. It is the "clearest view of this peculiar planet’s rings in more than 30 years,” according to ESA/NASA. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI ...

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The distant planet Neptune stands still against the background stars of Pisces in the early-morning sky, still visible close to Saturn.