Neptune and rings shine in photos from new space telescope

Neptune and rings shine in photos from new space telescope
(Nasa)

Nasa has released new shots of Neptune, the solar system’s outermost planet, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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.

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