The clearest views of Neptune and its rings in decades can be seen in the new images.
It's the best view of the planet's rings since the Voyager 2 spaceship flew by Neptune in 1989 on its way out of the solar system.
This is the first time we've seen them in the dark.
There are faint dusty rings around the planet that can't be seen in the pictures.
There is a picture of Neptune's rings on the left side. The planet's body is covered so the probe can see the giant's rings.
I am amazed by those rings. On Wednesday, Thomas Zurbuchen wrote about the images of Neptune.
Neptune's bright methane-ice clouds reflect sunlight, as well as a bunch of galaxies against a black expanse.
Neptune appears bright blue in images due to the presence of methane in its atmosphere, which can be seen in the image below.
Neptune doesn't appear blue due to the pick up of light from the IR. It turns out to be a ghost white planet. Methane absorbs light from both sides of the spectrum.
According to a NASA statement, the methane gas in Neptune's atmosphere is so strong that it absorbs red and IR light, but not high altitude clouds.
According to NASA, the planet's high-altitude methane ice clouds look as bright as they reflect sunlight.
A thin line of brightness circling the planet's equator could be a sign of global atmospheric circulation that powers Neptune's winds and storms.
Seven of Neptune's 14 known moons can be seen in the above picture. The bright blue feature that looks like a star is the largest moon of Neptune and it reflects more sunlight than Neptune.
The successor to Hubble was launched on December 25, 2021. The $10 billion telescope has traveled more than 1 million miles from Earth and is now in a stable position. It is possible to see far into the past with the help of the invisible light that is invisible to the human eye.
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