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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 ...
Jupiter’s auroras sparkle with mystery — and Webb just uncovered a cosmic riddle scientists didn’t see coming.
Jupiter's auroras have another key difference than those on our planet, too: they glow hundreds of times brighter than Earth's. As scientists gathered data about these auroras on Christmas Day ...
The infrared views, captured in 2023, shed light on the giant planet's atmosphere and magnetosphere—but they also reveal something unexpected ...
The data revealed that gas from HW2's accretion disk is collapsing inward at breakneck speed, feeding the star at an ...
New images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal the dazzling auroras of Jupiter, shining hundreds of times brighter than those on Earth. The breathtaking displays, captured on Christmas Day ...
Zamani Astronomers have zoomed in on Jupiter's poles to get a better look ... When these particles strike gases, they heat up and glow. The results are colorful light displays.
As Jupiter captures all of the charged particles, its magnetic field accelerates them to tremendous speeds before they slam into the planet’s atmosphere to stir up gas, causing it to glow.
A Celestial Show Unfolds Using the James Webb telescope, scientists recorded fast-changing patterns in Jupiter’s auroral glow. These shifts in light are helping experts better understand how the ...
New images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show details of Jupiter's auroras and how they are formed.