Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s ...

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

But when Voyager ... like Jupiter. Or so they thought. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each ...

Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets of our solar system.

In April of 1978, barely a year before its scheduled encounter with Jupiter, the primary S-band receiver on Voyager 2 was shut down by fault-protection algorithms on the spacecraft that failed to ...

For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) has revealed bright auroral activity on the planet Neptune.

NAS's James Webb Space Telescope has captured Neptune’s glowing auroras in the best detail yet. Hints of auroras were first ...

led to Nasa launching the twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft in 1977 on a "Grand Tour" of the outer Solar System. Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980, eschewing Uranus and Neptune ...

Much of what we understand about Uranus comes from data gathered by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft ... protects our atmosphere from solar winds that emanate from the sun. Without it, our atmosphere ...

Most of the current understanding of Uranus comes from NASA’s Voyager 2 mission, which passed the ... Possible Impact on Magnetic Field and Atmosphere The solar storm may have temporarily ...

Auroras occur when electrically charged particles from space enter and collide with molecules in the atmosphere.