The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering mystery about how distant planets form, researchers said.

In a groundbreaking discovery, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first direct images of carbon ... to the formation of Jupiter and Saturn, according to NASA. The breakthrough was ...

"It was so stunning to not just see the auroras, but the detail and clarity of the signature really shocked me." ...

"Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets," said the European Space ...

At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined with data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ... astronomers have captured ...

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

The James Webb ... researchers used Webb to directly detect carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of all four of the system's known planets, according to the study. "Webb's new images of two iconic ...

Astronomers, using the James Webb Space Telescope ... Source: NASA Astronomers for the first time in the history of human space exploration, snapped pictures of direct images of Neptune's ...

James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune’s auroras, revealing new details about its atmosphere and magnetism.

Astronomers using the mighty James Webb Space Telescope have captured direct images of four planets in ... at John Hopkins University, said in a NASA statement. The James Webb Space Telescope ...