In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

JWST has detected the earliest galaxies in the universe, but some look “more mature” than expected. Is it time to rethink how ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

What a Christmas present it was – it just blew me away!” Jonathan Nichols of Leicester University summed up the thrill of ...

Jupiter’s auroras sparkle with mystery — and Webb just uncovered a cosmic riddle scientists didn’t see coming.

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

Scientists looked at Jupiter's massive auroras using the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — and found a mystery they ...

The infrared views, captured in 2023, shed light on the giant planet's atmosphere and magnetosphere—but they also reveal something unexpected ...

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

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

"For the first time we can see the chemical cake while it's rising in the oven, instead of just the starting ingredients of ...

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