The Blue Marvel: NASA’s Voyager 2 captured this image of Neptune in the summer of 1989 as it became the first spacecraft to fly by the planet. Neptune's blue color comes from ...
Located around 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is not visible to the naked eye. The planet's blue color comes from methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red wavelengths of light.
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New Webb Image Captures Clearest View of Neptune's Rings in Decades Sep. 21, 2022 — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune.
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