Webb’s detection of auroras on Neptune is the first time astronomers have captured direct evidence of this phenomenon on the planet. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin ...

What if the insides of planets are more complicated than we thought? A new study from scientists at UCLA and Princeton ...

Does it rain diamonds on Neptune and Uranus? Scientists uncover how extreme pressure and temperature deep inside these ice giants create a continuous diamond rain.

For the first time, astronomers have captured direct images of Neptune's elusive auroras. Scientists have long suspected that the distant ice giant hosts shimmering light displays, based on ...

Planets can be extremely hot when they are born, and new computational experiments show that such planets would have an atmosphere composed of a homogenous mixture of hydrogen and water. As the ...