Even at Neptune's incredible distance from the sun, astronomers have long suspected it has auroras, though they had never seen them until now. The James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of ...

The most elusive planetary aurora in the Solar System has finally been revealed in all its gently glowing glory.

Using the radial velocity method, an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet orbiting a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope helped scientists confirm the celestial lights on one of the most mysterious planets in our solar system.

On March 19, the sun will join forces with Neptune in Pisces, encouraging us to tap into our intuition and explore our fantasies. On the dark side, this could signal a time when reality blurs and ...

Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured Neptune's ghostly rings and revealed a band of clouds around a known vortex at ...

Webb’s detection of auroras on Neptune is the first time astronomers have captured direct evidence of this phenomenon on the planet. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin ...

Neptune lies in the frigid, dark, vast frontier of the outer edges of our solar system, about 3 billion miles away from the sun. For the first time, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured ...

This colder temperature suggests why Neptune's auroras have remained undetected for so long as it would result in much fainter auroras. This cooling suggests that the region of the atmosphere can ...

Catch two transits of Io, spot sparkling star clusters, and view Mars at aphelion while the April Full Moon lights the sky ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Jupiter is the heavyweight champion of the planets, but Neptune is no slouch either. According to NASA, Neptune is about 17 t ...