Neptune and Rings Shine in Photos From New Space Telescope

A photo of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 in 1989 (L), Hubble in 2021 (C), and Webb in 2022 (R), in a composite image provided on Sept. 21, 2022. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI via AP

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Neptune and its rings haven’t looked this good in decades.

NASA released new glamour shots of Neptune Wednesday taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The pictures taken in July show not only the planet’s thin rings, but its faint dust bands, never before observed in the infrared, as well as seven of its 14 known moons.