NASA's telescope just snapped the clearest image of Neptune's rings 

In 33 years, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just took the clearest picture of Neptune's rings.

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The James Webb Space Telescope has taken new pictures of Neptune's rings in infrared light that show them in great detail.

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It's the best place to see the dusty rings around the planet.

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Heidi Hammel says that since Voyager 2 flew by Neptune in 1989, it has been on its way out of the solar system.

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The telescope is in orbit 1 million miles from Earth. Its goal is to collect light from galaxies that are very far away.

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