Capturing images of Neptune's auroras had remained out of reach until the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ... in a statement accompanying the photos. "It was so stunning to not just see the ...

"Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets," said the European Space Agency.

But Webb's observations didn't just provide new pretty pictures of the ice ... With Hubble and the James Webb space telescopes' data combined, right, Neptune's auroras are revealed in greenish ...

However, due to old technology, direct photos of Neptune’s aurora were almost impossible. This changed when the Webb telescope aimed its lens at the ice giant. James Webb Images Show Neptune’s ...

Astronomers, using the James Webb Space Telescope ... in the history of human space exploration, snapped pictures of direct images of Neptune's secretive auroras, marking a milestone in space ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of Neptune's auroras, making it the first observatory to do so. Though Voyager 2 was the first spacecraft to fly by Neptune ...

University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights into the formation of distant ...

NASA’s James Webb space telescope is offering a new look at Neptune’s aurora, leading to a new mystery involving the eighth planet from the sun. According to an article published by NASA on ...

Capturing images of Neptune's auroras had remained out of reach until the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ... in a statement accompanying the photos. "It was so stunning to not just see the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The James Webb Space Telescope detected infrared auroras on Neptune for the first time.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.