At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined with data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The cyan ...

It's been one Neptunian year—or about 165 Earth years—since astronomers first observed the most distant planet from the sun.

New NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of the distant planet Neptune show a dynamic atmosphere and capture the fleeting orbits of its satellites. The images have been assembled into a time-lapse movie ...

For the first time ever, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured vivid auroras swirling in Neptune’s upper atmosphere—revealing a phenomenon that had eluded astronomers for decades. As reported ...

The most elusive planetary aurora in the Solar System has finally been revealed in all its gently glowing glory. Far from the Sun, and Earth, the sky-blue planet Neptune has been captured shimmering ...

Neptune harbors cosmic secrets, in part because of its distance from Earth. But researchers have just unlocked one of the planet's mysteries by using the unique capabilities of the James Webb Space ...

Neptune, the farthest planet from the Sun, has long been a subject of fascination for astronomers, especially due to its dynamic and tumultuous atmosphere. Recently, scientists have observed an ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has peeled back the layers on sub-Neptunes, a type of gassy exoplanet scattered in large numbers throughout the universe. While sub-Neptunes' thick atmospheres have ...

Neptune's tumultuous atmosphere gives rise to vortices similar to Jupiter's Great Red Spot, but storms on Neptune usually just last a few years. For the first time, astronomers are watching one of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Neptune’s glowing auroras are captured in the best detail yet by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby ...

The eighth and most distant planet from the sun, Neptune, reaches opposition with the sun on Sept.23, when it will be in its best position for viewing for the year. Neptune is too faint to see with ...

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