For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) has revealed bright auroral activity on the planet Neptune.
Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...
Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s ...
Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...
On a January morning in 2025, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke free from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It ...
A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when ...
A “serendipitous” discovery offers new insights into how ecosystems can thrive beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice ...
Scientists explored the seafloor after an iceberg broke off the Antarctic ice sheet. They were shocked by what they found.
The detection of these auroras provides new insights into how Neptune's magnetic field interacts with solar particles and ...