Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s mysterious auroral activity. Faint hints of Neptune’s auroras were first ...

Astronomers note that you'll likely need a telescope with at least an 8-inch aperture at 50 times magnification to see Uranus and its rings, and 150 times magnification to see Neptune and its rings.

However, at Neptune’s surface, the gravity is only about 1.1 times the gravity we experience on Earth. In other words, if something weighed 100 pounds on Earth, you would find it weighs 110 pounds on ...

In 2022, the telescope captured Neptune's ghostly rings and revealed a band of clouds ... Neptune's are far from its poles. "Neptune's aurora shines over latitudes comparable to South America ...

US-based space agency NASA has announced that its James Webb Space Telescope has captured the clearest view of Neptune 's rings in more than 30 years. Most striking in Webb's new image is the ...

Unlike on Earth, the giant planet’s auroras occur at its geographic mid-latitudes—the equivalent auroras lighting up over South America. This is because Neptune’s magnetic field has an odd ...

followed by Saturn with its rings made of ice, rock and dust. Uranus and Neptune come next. Whilst unmanned spacecraft have approached the gas planets, actual landings are not possible because of ...