NASA’s Webb Space Telescope was finally able to capture bright auroras on Neptune—the most distant planet in our solar system ...

Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...

White streaks in the Hubble image are clouds ... ice giant also revealed why we've had such a hard time detecting Neptune's auroras. Temperatures of Neptune reported by Voyager 2 measurements – the ...

Scientists had long believed that distant ice giant Neptune was displaying light-wielding shows like other worlds. Although Voyager 2 spacecraft provided fleeting summits and other worlds such as ...

Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Webb captured Neptune's shimmering lights in infrared light, providing direct ...

This unusual placement is due to Neptune’s magnetic field, which tilts a staggering 47 degrees from its rotational axis. Originally discovered by Voyager 2, Neptune’s magnetic field interacts ...

NASA's Voyager 2 mission, the only spacecraft to visit Neptune, was unable to get a clear picture of the planet's auroras in 1989. Credit: NASA illustration NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft found ...