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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.

Space

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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Planet Saturn in deep space with major moons according to scale (Elements of planet texture for 3d render furnished by NASA

Space

Saturn's rings could have come from a destroyed moon named Chrysalis

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Illustration of a CAR-T cell

Health

Radical lupus treatment uses CAR T-cell therapy developed for cancer

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The Gobi desert in China

Environment

Hydrogen produced from air could provide low-carbon fuel in deserts

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Our neighbouring planets can help us understand Earth's climate change

Environment

Our neighbouring planets can help us understand Earth's climate change

Comment

Outdoor test on the River Cam (UK), in front of the Bridge of Sighs, St John?s College, during a cloudy day

Technology

Floating artificial leaf converts energy from sunlight into fuel

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Flying at some 65,000ft, the ultra-lightweight Zephyr S is uniquely capable of providing persistent surveillance or communications over the same area of land or sea for weeks at a time without landing.

Technology

Zephyr solar-powered drone smashes record with 2-month-long flight

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Roasting green chile on top of Sandia National Laboratories? National Solar Thermal Test Facility. Roasting green chile with concentrated sunlight instead of propane produces flavorful chile and reduces carbon dioxide emissions.

Technology

Roasting green chillies in the sun could pave way for solar cooking

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Two Astronauts wearing Space Suits Standing on Alien Planet and Looking at Something. Futuristic Space Exploration, Discovery and Colonization.

Humans

The Moonday Letters review: Genre-busting sci-fi extols hope as a duty

Culture

Planet Neptune in the Starry Sky of Solar System in Space with image elements furnished by NASA.

Space

A passing star shifting Neptune’s orbit could wreck the solar system

If a star flying past our solar system moved Neptune's orbit by just 0.1 per cent, it could eventually cause the other planets to smash into one another or get thrown out of the solar system entirely

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Health

Coming off methotrexate doubles antibody levels after covid-19 vaccine

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Space

Moon rocks collected by the Chang’e 5 mission have water in them

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Chemistry

Adding tomato pigment to solar panels increases their efficiency

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Space

Why the next big solar storm might hit Earth without warning

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