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Scientists observed and captured the first clear evidence of auroras on Neptune using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), ...
"It was so stunning to not just see the auroras, but the detail and clarity of the signature really shocked me." ...
The photo at left is an enhanced-color image of Neptune from the Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined ...
"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.
Lights glow in the skies of Uranus, too. But auroras around our sun’s most distant planet, Neptune, have long eluded astronomers. That has changed with the powerful infrared instruments aboard ...
The James Webb Space Telescope helped scientists confirm the celestial lights on one of the most mysterious planets in our solar system.
Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...
For the first time, researchers have spotted infrared auroras swirling in Neptune’s atmosphere, verifying decades of scientific speculation. When NASA’s Voyager 2 mission flew by Neptune in ...
The most elusive planetary aurora in the Solar System has finally been revealed in all its gently glowing glory.
In a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists say unique auroras are visible on either side of Neptune’s equator. This discovery will allow scientists to study aspects ...