James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

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Moons of Neptune: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured seven of Neptune’s 14 known moons: Galatea, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Proteus, Larissa, and Triton.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals Neptune's auroras in unprecedented detail, confirming decades-long suspicions and shedding new light on the icy giant's atmosphere and magnetic field.

Astronomers, using the James Webb Space Telescope, captured the first direct images of Neptune's auroras, revealing light shows previously believed to exist but unseen. These auroras appear at ...

NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft found hints of auroras on Neptune in 1989, but scientists couldn’t get a clear picture then. Using Webb’s near-infrared instrument in June 2023, they not only got ...

At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined with data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.