JWST uncovers unexpected behavior in polar lights on Jupiter, while a Mars rover captures the first image of an aurora.

Astronomers sing the James Webb Space Telescope have made an unequivocal detection of frozen water in another star system for ...

Titan is a strange world, at -300 degrees Fahrenheit, and shrouded in a jaundiced smog. Similar to Earth, the atmosphere is ...

The auroras surrounding the north pole of our solar system's largest planet had some surprises in store when astronomers ...

New images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show details of Jupiter's auroras and how they are formed.

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?

In May 2024, powerful solar activity triggered jaw-dropping northern lights much farther south than usual, turning the sky ...

Webb telescope uncovers fiery, fast-pulsing auroras on Jupiter, reshaping how scientists understand the planet’s magnetic ...

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that auroras on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter ...

The telescope captured the space phenomena, which is hundreds of times brighter than the auroras we see on Earth.

Scientists have reported that data captured by NASA's JWST reveals stunning details about Jupiter's auroras. Also called the ...

Space telescopes don't take holidays off, which is why NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's powerful instruments were trained on Jupiter on Christmas Day 2023, capturing some of the most detailed ...