For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) has revealed bright auroral activity on the planet Neptune.
"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 of our solar system.
Neptune often looks slightly different in observations, as it has dark spots which appear periodically. But it can also be bright at times, as the observations of auroras there show: In the image ...
For the first time, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune. Auroras occur when energetic particles, ...
The James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have captured Neptune’s auroras for the first time, revealing the planet’s ...
The detection of these auroras provides new insights into how Neptune's magnetic field interacts with solar particles and ...
Read At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined ...
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