The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

The CMZ is a region of clouds rich in dust and molecular gas that roils around the galactic nucleus. It measures up to 2,000 ...

Auroras occur when solar flares interact with the magnetic field of a planet. They have been detected on Jupiter, Saturn, and ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope used its Near-Infrared Spectrograph to capture Neptune’s auroras in stunning detail.

Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...

Astronomers, using the James Webb Space Telescope, captured the first direct images of Neptune's auroras, revealing light ...

The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

The detection of these auroras provides new insights into how Neptune's magnetic field interacts with solar particles and ...

Skywatchers will get a rare chance to see Saturn in its full glory, without chunks of ice and rock swarming around it.

Auroras are natural light displays that occur when energetic particles from the Sun are trapped by a planet’s magnetic field.

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...