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James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune’s auroras, revealing new details about its atmosphere and magnetism.
Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...
The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope used its Near-Infrared Spectrograph to capture Neptune’s auroras in stunning detail.
Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...
Neptune lies in the frigid, dark, vast frontier of the outer edges of our solar system, about 3 billion miles away from the ...
Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s ...
Astronomers finally spotted evidence of auroras on Neptune after years of searching, raising new questions about the planet.
The James Webb Space Telescope helped scientists confirm the celestial lights on one of the most mysterious planets in our ...
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope was finally able to capture bright auroras on Neptune—the most distant planet in our solar system ...
Unlike Earth’s steady magnetic field, Neptune’s shifts and twists. Because auroras occur where magnetic fields converge with ...
The researchers also revealed that Neptune's atmosphere has cooled significantly since the 1980s, which may have somewhat dimmed the light of the auroras. The Associated Press Health and Science ...