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Webb?s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) image of Neptune, taken on July 12, 2022, brings the planet?s rings into full focus for the first time in more than three decades. The most prominent features of Neptune?s atmosphere in this image are a series of bright patches in the planet?s southern hemisphere that represent high-altitude methane-ice clouds. More subtly, a thin line of brightness circling the planet?s equator could be a visual signature of global atmospheric circulation that powers Neptune?s winds and storms. Additionally, for the first time, Webb has teased out a continuous band of high-latitude clouds surrounding a previously-known vortex at Neptune?s southern pole.

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JWST has captured an astonishing view of Neptune and its rings

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows eight of Neptune’s moons and four of its rings – two of which haven’t been seen in more than 30 years

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Webb?s first images of Mars, captured by its NIRCam instrument Sept. 5, 2022 [Guaranteed Time Observation Program 1415]. Left: Reference map of the observed hemisphere of Mars from NASA and the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA). Top right: NIRCam image showing 2.1-micron (F212 filter) reflected sunlight, revealing surface features such as craters and dust layers. Bottom right: Simultaneous NIRCam image showing ~4.3-micron (F430M filter) emitted light that reveals temperature differences with latitude and time of day, as well as darkening of the Hellas Basin caused by atmospheric effects. The bright yellow area is just at the saturation limit of the detector

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James Webb Space Telescope captures its first pictures of Mars

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year photos are out of this world

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year photos are out of this world

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Why we should go back to the moon – and this time to build a home

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T4KXJ5 Mature leaf mould lifted from a leaf cage and ready for use as mulch in the garden,

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How to make leaf mould to nourish your garden

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A photograph of ex-NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver

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Lori Garver on why NASA is returning to the moon for the wrong reasons

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Electron microscope image of hexagonal diamond in a meteorite

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Strange hexagonal diamonds found in meteorite from another planet

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An image of the Orion nebula taken by JWST

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JWST has caught hot stars destroying gas and dust in the Orion Nebula

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Oak tree canopy in The Ercall woods, Shropshire, England.

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The number that is too big for the universe

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Composite of the Juno spacecraft near Europa

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Juno spacecraft prepares for close encounter with icy moon Europa

A NASA probe will swoop to around 350 kilometres above Europa’s surface on 29 September, returning detailed images and data on its magnetic fields and icy crust

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Swarm of light-sail spacecraft could be propelled by laser on the moon

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JWST's dazzling nebula image shows stars we have never seen before

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JWST has spotted sandy clouds on a distant alien world

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First exoplanet picture from James Webb Space Telescope revealed

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