Planets On the North Pole

James Webb telescope captures auroras on Neptune

Webb telescope captures weird auroras on Neptune for the first time

Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured Neptune's ghostly rings and revealed a band of clouds around a known vortex at the planet's south pole for the first time.

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Neptune's Auroras Are Captured in Great Detail by NASA's Webb Telescope

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 of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989.

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

NASA's James Webb Reveals First Look at Neptune's Aurora

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

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What will happen during the partial solar eclipse of March 2025?

Observers across eastern North America and much of Europe will have front-row seats to the striking partial solar eclipse on March 29. Here's what to expect.

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Here’s What to Know About the Polar Vortex Collapse

As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of ...

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Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth

Over the past decade, astronomers have found that many of these stars have multiple rocky planets orbiting them. Enter MAROON-X, an instrument mounted on the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii that ...

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Spring equinox 2025: Say goodbye to winter in the Northern Hemisphere today

As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

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Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

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The Big Nothing

The North Pole is the point at the top of our planet where the Earth’s axis of rotation meets the surface. It is not a place.

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When to see the 'planet parade' over north Georgia

The alignment doesn't happen often, and the planets can appear in different configurations depending on their positions at a given time. Friday evening should feature clear skies across north ...

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