Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ... obtained in June 2023 using Webb's Near-Infrared Spectrograph, not only provided images of Neptune but also allowed scientists to measure the ...

Scientists observed and captured the first clear evidence of auroras on Neptune using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), marking a milestone in the study of the outer reaches of the solar system.

In Webb’s images, these glowing auroras ... first discovered by NASA's Voyager 2 in 1989. Unlike Earth’s, Neptune’s magnetic field is tilted 47 degrees from its rotation axis.

According to an article published by NASA on Wednesday ... astronomers had yet to confirm or obtain images of Neptune’s aurora until nearly two years ago, when Webb’s Near-Infrared ...

Webb captured Neptune's shimmering lights in infrared light, providing direct evidence they exist. NASA released the images on Wednesday, and the results were published in the journal Nature ...

These types of exoplanets are some of the most common in our galaxy - but they've remained mysterious until now.

The photo at left is an enhanced-color image of Neptune from the Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined with one from the James Webb Space Telescope that shows greenish ...

"I had been waiting my entire career for Webb so that we could meaningfully characterize the atmospheres of these smaller ...

Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

Astronomer Eliza Kempton said that she had waited her "entire career" to peer into an atmosphere from this mysterious class of planets.