Webb obtained the data behind the image in June 2023, when its NIRSpec (Near InfraRed Spectrograph) observed both of ...

Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges of our solar system, about 3 billion miles from the Sun, at the farthest ...

WASHINGTON — Neptune's glowing auroras have been captured in the minutest detail yet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Earth’s beautiful northern and southern lights are the result of auroras: when high-energy charged particles from the sun hit ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that ...

Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first-ever clear images of auroral activity on Neptune, the 8th planet from the Sun. For years, scientists had only speculated about the presence of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...

But hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light when the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past Neptune in 1989 ...

Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989.

Auroras occur when electrically charged particles from space enter and collide with molecules in the atmosphere.

Does it rain diamonds on Neptune and Uranus? Scientists uncover how extreme pressure and temperature deep inside these ice giants create a continuous diamond rain.