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The planet’s elusive aurorae are much colder than expected, which is how they evaded detection for so long.
Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...
Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...
After over 35 years of trying, NASA finally confirmed Neptune has auroras. They did this when astronomers were able to ...
James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune’s auroras, revealing new details about its atmosphere and magnetism.
Experts are not sure why Neptune's auroras can be seen around the planet's "mid-latitudes," and not the north and south poles ...
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope was finally able to capture bright auroras on Neptune—the most distant planet in our solar system ...
Webb obtained the data behind the image in June 2023, when its NIRSpec (Near InfraRed Spectrograph) observed both of ...
Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s ...
The eerie glow of Neptune's aurora has been revealed for the first time in new images collected by NASA’s James Webb Space ...
The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in December 2021, has now made these sightings possible.Neptune’s auroras as ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spotted bright auroral activity on the most distant planet in our solar system.