The observatory’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument observed Uranus for almost a full rotation just over a year ago, showing how the planet’s ionosphere, a thin layer in the planet’s ...
Webb captured the object in infrared — light wavelengths that are invisible to human eyes but can pierce through thick dust.
New research using the James Webb Space Telescope offers the most detailed portrait yet of how auroras form on Uranus.
Now the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken a new look at PMR-1 with both its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and its ...
Astronomers have revealed striking new images of a mysterious nebula that appears to resemble a giant brain floating in space ...
The James Webb Space Telescope captured amazing imagery of merging galaxies II ZW 96. The merger is located 500 million light ...
Deep inside a dust-choked galaxy, astronomers have uncovered a chemical environment far more complex than expected.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first vertical view of Uranus's upper atmosphere, delivering an unprecedented look at the planet's ionosphere and auroral structures. The new ...
Travel about 2,500 light-year away in the constellation Vela to see James Webb Space Telescope stunning view of NGC 3132, the Southern Ring Nebula. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA, ESA, CSA ...
If you think auroras on Earth are a strange and mesmerizing sight, that's nothing like what occurs on the perplexing world of Uranus.