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 ...

The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...

Over the decades, they have provided groundbreaking discoveries, including Jupiter’s faint ring system, Saturn’s moons, and Voyager 2’s historic flybys of Uranus and Neptune—the only ...

while Voyager 2 holds the distinction of being the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune. Despite the shutdowns, each spacecraft still retains three instruments that continue to examine the ...

Over the years, they have provided groundbreaking discoveries, including Jupiter’s faint ring system, Saturn’s moons, and Voyager 2’s historic flybys of Uranus and Neptune—making it the only ...

(NASA/JPL) Voyager 2's MAG instrument measured the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune and how the solar wind interacted with their magnetospheres. It also played a vital role in determining exactly ...

Neptune lies in the frigid, dark, vast frontier of the outer edges of our solar system, about 3 billion miles away from the ...

Astronomers finally spotted evidence of auroras on Neptune after years of searching, raising new questions about the planet.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Neptune's glowing auroras are captured in the best detail yet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Hints ...

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

After nearly 36 years of searching, astronomers have finally confirmed Neptune has auroras, thanks to data from the James ...