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JWST uncovers unexpected behavior in polar lights on Jupiter, while a Mars rover captures the first image of an aurora.
New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that auroras on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter ...
The scientists also took images of Jupiter’s auroras with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope at the same time Webb made its ...
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa, recently captured a ghostly infrared portrait ...
A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the ...
Jupiter's stunning auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, as pictured in new images taken by the ...
Webb telescope uncovers fiery, fast-pulsing auroras on Jupiter, reshaping how scientists understand the planet’s magnetic ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed glowing auroras on Jupiter like never before.
The infrared views, captured in 2023, shed light on the giant planet's atmosphere and magnetosphere—but they also reveal something unexpected ...
Scientists have reported that data captured by NASA's JWST reveals stunning details about Jupiter's auroras. Also called the ...
The telescope captured the space phenomena, which is hundreds of times brighter than the auroras we see on Earth.
Auroras are created when high-energy particles enter a planet’s atmosphere near its magnetic poles and collide with atoms or molecules of gas. On Earth, these are known as the northern lights ...