WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, is a giant, ultra-hot, gaseous planet located 858 light years from Earth. It's hot because it ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that NASA's Voyager 2 probe began decades ago.

At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined with data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Equipped with new findings, astronomers now hope to study Neptune with the James Webb Space Telescope over a full solar cycle, an 11-year period of activity driven by the Sun's magnetic field.

Neptune’s Lost Aurorae First Hinted At 36 Years Ago Has Been Captured For First ... We’re lucky to have a brand new JWST programme that will observe Neptune over the course of a month in 2026.

Hammel and her colleagues used JWST’s NIRSpec, a powerful infrared imaging tool, to capture spectroscopic images of Neptune and analyse the different wavelengths of light emitted by the planet.

The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...

Researchers have called it a rare ultra-hot Neptune. Thanks to images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) published in Nature Astronomy, researchers are now able to see and analyze extreme ...

The James Webb Space Telescope managed to prove once and for all that ice giant Neptune also has auroras, but they're not located at the poles.

Now, with this new James Webb image of Neptune, we’re seeing rings we’ve never captured before. Image source: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. It’s a striking reminder of just how powerful James Webb is.

New views of TOI-421 b by JWST gives insight into how the most common type of planet in the galaxy might form. Skip to content. ... JWST reveals secrets of a sub-Neptune exoplanet.