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NASA Captures Long Sought-After Images Of Auroras On Neptune

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“Everyone is very excited to prove that it’s there, just like we thought,” said Rosie Johnson, a space physics researcher at Aberystwyth University in Wales who wasn’t involved with the new study.
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Auroras on Neptune have been captured in detail for the first time.
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