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2 newly found exoplanets reignite an outstanding question about our solar system
The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...
This Is the First-Ever Image of Neptune’s Auroral Glow
Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s ...
New Scientist on MSN15h
We've spotted auroras on Neptune for the first time
After 34 years of searching, astronomers have finally confirmed Neptune has auroras, thanks to data from the James Webb Space ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN11h
Check Out Neptune’s Beautiful Auroras, Captured for the First Time by the James Webb Space Telescope
Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...
Webb telescope captures weird auroras on Neptune for the first time
Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...
Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...
Auroras Are Spotted on Neptune for the First Time, and Lead to a New Mystery
The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...
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How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets
The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.
NASA’s Powerful Webb Telescope Captures Neptune’s Aurora For The First Time
Much like the northern and southern lights on Earth, auroras occur when charged solar particles collide with a planet’s ...
Auroras on Neptune are different from ones on Earth. Here's how
Auroras occur when solar flares interact with the magnetic field of a planet. They have been detected on Jupiter, Saturn, and ...
Webb captures Neptune's auroras for first time
Neptune lies in the frigid, dark, vast frontier of the outer edges of our solar system, about 3 billion miles away from the ...
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Three families of planetary objects identified in the outer Solar System 🔭
Work from the DiSCo program (Discovering the Composition of Trans-Neptunian Objects) has uncovered the existence of three ...