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 ...

Get the facts on this planet of extremes. Orbiting the Sun at a distance of 4.5 billion kilometres - more than 30 times further out than the Earth - Neptune is a dark, icy world. Receiving just one ...

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 ...

This planet, now officially called GI 410 b, is classified as a sub-Neptune, which means it is larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. The discovery was made on April 4 using the radial ...

Neptune, on the other hand, has a highly tilted and offset magnetic field, which means its auroras appear at unexpected locations, such as the planet's mid latitudes. These observations were made ...