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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 has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that ...
Even at Neptune's incredible distance from the sun, astronomers have long suspected it has auroras, though they had never ...
Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...
Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...
James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune’s auroras, revealing new details about its atmosphere and magnetism.
"Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets," said the European Space ...
The planet’s elusive aurorae are much colder than expected, which is how they evaded detection for so long.
Astronomers, using the James Webb Space Telescope, captured the first direct images of Neptune's auroras, revealing light shows previously believed to exist but unseen. These auroras appear at ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of Neptune's auroras, making it the first observatory to do ...