The confirmed discovery of exoplanets revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Among the thousands of confirmed ...

“H3+ has a been a clear signifier on all the gas giants — Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus — of auroral activity, and we expected to see the same on Neptune as we investigated the planet over the ...

Capturing images of Neptune's auroras had remained out of reach until the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) turned its powerful eye towards the icy planet. "Turns out, actually imaging the ...

Experts are not sure why Neptune's auroras can be seen around the planet's "mid-latitudes," and not the north and south poles NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin (Northumbria ...

Webb’s detection of auroras on Neptune is the first time astronomers have captured direct evidence of this phenomenon on the planet. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin ...

Scientists have studied auroras on Saturn and Jupiter for decades, but Neptune, the farthest planet from the sun, has been harder to see up close. “Neptune has always been elusive," said ...

But Webb's observations didn't just provide new pretty pictures of the ice giant planet's greenish-blue splotches. It revealed how odd Neptune's auroras are compared to other planets', glowing ...

Scientists have studied auroras on Saturn and Jupiter for decades, but Neptune, the farthest planet from the sun, has been harder to see up close. “Neptune has always been elusive,” said ...