Far from the Sun, and Earth, the sky-blue planet Neptune has been captured shimmering in near-infrared light as particles interact in its hazy atmosphere. It's the first time an aurora has been ...

The perception of Neptune as much darker and bluer than Uranus was "cemented" when pictures were sent back by the Voyager 2 probe after it flew by the two planets in 1986 and 1989, said The Times.

"The level of detail and clarity of the images was surprising." Neptune's magnetic field is tilted about 47 degrees relative to the planet's rotation axis, which explains why the auroras are ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of Neptune's auroras, making it the first observatory to do so. Though Voyager 2 was the first spacecraft to fly by Neptune ...

In Webb’s images, these glowing auroras appear as vibrant cyan splotches, offering a striking new view of Neptune’s dynamic atmosphere. “H 3 + has a been a clear signifier on all the gas ...