The new photo by James Webb stuns the world. The NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) telescope took its first image of Neptune and hit several milestones: it achieved the largest image of the planet in 30 years and revealed (literally) new light. on this orb.
Neptune has fascinated itself since its discovery in 1846. This icy planet is located 30 times farther from the sun than Earth, and is located in one of the darkest regions of our solar system. The title “ice giant” is due to the chemical composition of its interior. Compared to the other two giants Saturn and Jupiter, it is richer in elements heavier than hydrogen and helium – hence its blue appearance was already captured by the Hubble telescope.
Currently, James Webb Show us another perspective on this ice giant. “What’s most impressive about Webb’s new image is the sharp view of the planet’s dynamic rings — some of which have never been seen, let alone so clearly, since Voyager 2 flew close to it in 1989.” The ESA press release on the photo. Due to the camera used on the Webb, the Neptune didn’t look as blue as we’ve seen in the previous photos.
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Let’s look at more details highlighted in the NASA statement: Near the top of the planet we see an “intriguing glow.” Also, this is an area that is not always easy to monitor. In all, Webb managed to “catch” seven of the fourteen known moons of Neptune. If we enlarge the image, we see the moon Triton in greater detail.
James Webb is The largest space telescope in the world It was released on Christmas 2021. Your first high-resolution photos It was revealed in July and showed us a dying star, a gaseous exoplanet that could contain water, a quintet of galaxies or the birth of stars in a nebula.
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