A passing star, or a stellar flyby, with the potential to pull Neptune out of its orbit by just 0.1%, could mean catastrophe for the entire solar system. But don’t worry — it won’t happen in our ...

When Voyager 2 flew past Neptune, it revealed a planet far more extreme than anyone expected. Beneath the calm blue appearance were supersonic winds, massive storms, and an interior unlike any other ...

New images released Wednesday from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are revealing Neptune, and the planet's hard-to-detect rings, in a fresh light. "It has been three decades since we last saw these ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Neptune’s glowing auroras ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time ever, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope—humanity’s most powerful eye in space—has captured auroras on Neptune ...

NASA's flagship James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first-ever images of auroral activity on Neptune, after years of tantalizing hints. The images in question of Neptune were captured by ...

Despite being part of our own solar system, Neptune has long been a cosmic mystery. It's the most distant planet from the Sun and also one of the least explored. Only one spacecraft—Voyager 2—has ever ...

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In this combination image released by ESA/Webb, left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and right, that image is combined with data from the NASA/ESA/CSA ...

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 ...