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

Much like the northern and southern lights on Earth, auroras occur when charged solar particles collide with a planet’s ...

After over 35 years of trying, NASA finally confirmed Neptune has auroras. They did this when astronomers were able to ...

In a major breakthrough, the James Webb space telescope of NASA has for the first time captured auroral activity on Neptune, ...

Key takeawaysPlanets can be extremely hot when they are born, and new computational experiments show that such planets would ...

Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...

The first direct evidence for auroras on Neptune has been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble ...

NASA’s James Webb telescope is offering a new look at Neptune’s aurora, leading to a new mystery involving the eighth planet ...

Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s ...

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

(if going by patent filings) of the telescope to finally see Neptune's auroras, and it's thanks to NASA's James Webb Space ...

Witness Neptune aurora glow display through the lens of the James Webb Telescope, advancing our understanding of space phenomena ...