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Astronomers have discovered an object at the edge of the solar system that is locked in a strange rhythmic dance with the ice ...
Most prominent in the telescope’s view are Neptune’s rings, seen encircling the planet at a slight tilt given its orientation to Earth. The Webb telescope will allow astronomers to measure the ...
Excitingly, in addition to the previously known bright, narrow Neptunian rings, the new James Webb Space Telescope image also shows some fainter dust rings around Neptune that even Voyager 2's up ...
The new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal 7 of Neptune's 14 moons, including the large, bright moon Triton (top left). (Image credit: NASA/ESA/CSA and STScI) ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that NASA's Voyager 2 probe began decades ago.
The last time scientists caught such a clear glimpse of Neptune's rings was when Voyager 2 flew past the distant planet in 1989. Now the James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a crisp new image.
WASHINGTON — Neptune's glowing auroras are captured in the best detail yet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby ...
NASA’s James Webb telescope is offering a new look at Neptune’s aurora, leading to a new mystery involving the eighth planet from the sun.
Several billion miles from Earth, Neptune's looking particularly sharp in new images captured by the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT).
Astronomers pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at a common kind of planet that's bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. What they saw wasn't what they expected.
The upgraded Very Large Telescope snapped a fetching portrait of distant Neptune.
The telescope also captured seven of Neptune's 14 moons. NASA released new images of Neptune from the James Webb Space Telescope on Wednesday, showing off some of the planet's rings. This is the ...