The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

Auroras occur when solar flares interact with the magnetic field of a planet. They have been detected on Jupiter, Saturn, and ...

Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s ...

Aurora, commonly known as the Northern Lights in the northern hemisphere, occur when charged particles from the Sun collide ...

Much like the northern and southern lights on Earth, auroras occur when charged solar particles collide with a planet’s ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

The most elusive planetary aurora in the Solar System has finally been revealed in all its gently glowing glory. Far from the ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...