Even gargantuan Jupiter, with its whirling superstorms and volatile temperatures, has a soft side. A team of researchers ...
Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...
If Earth had Auroras in similar areas to Neptune, they wouldn't be in the poles - but near Japan and Argentina.
Auroras occur when energetic particles, often from the sun, are caught in a planet's magnetic field and collide with the ...
James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune’s auroras, revealing new details about its atmosphere and magnetism.
The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...
Astronomers finally spotted evidence of auroras on Neptune after years of searching, raising new questions about the planet.
NASA’s James Webb telescope is offering a new look at Neptune’s aurora, leading to a new mystery involving the eighth planet ...
"It was so stunning to not just see the auroras, but the detail and clarity of the signature really shocked me." ...
Scientists say a vast, Earth-sized region of unexpectedly high temperatures in Jupiter's upper atmosphere was caused by a massive wave of solar wind.
Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s ...