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

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

Neptune often looks slightly different in observations, as it has dark spots which appear periodically. But it can also be bright at times, as the observations of auroras there show: In the image ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured direct images of Neptune's elusive auroras for the first time ...

With this initial study complete, the researchers are now looking to use Webb to study Neptune over a full 11-year solar cycle. The findings could shine a light on the origin of the planet's ...

But auroras around our sun’s most distant planet, Neptune, have long eluded astronomers ... Blue Ghost has completed its mission, which lasted a full lunar day — two Earth weeks — on ...