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"It was so stunning to not just see the auroras, but the detail and clarity of the signature really shocked me." ...
The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...
James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune’s auroras, revealing new details about its atmosphere and magnetism.
Astronomers finally spotted evidence of auroras on Neptune after years of searching, raising new questions about the planet.
Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...
After nearly 36 years of searching, astronomers have finally confirmed Neptune has auroras, thanks to data from the James ...
Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that ...
Neptune lies in the frigid, dark, vast frontier of the outer edges of our solar system, about 3 billion miles away from the ...
Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Webb ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope used its Near-Infrared Spectrograph to capture Neptune’s auroras in stunning detail.
Neptune's elusive auroras have been finally revealed thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomers scouring through ...