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Check Out Neptune’s Beautiful Auroras, Captured for the First Time by the James Webb Space Telescope
Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...
Neptune’s auroras are captured in great detail by NASA’s Webb telescope
NAS's James Webb Space Telescope has captured Neptune’s glowing auroras in the best detail yet. Hints of auroras were first ...
Webb telescope captures weird auroras on Neptune for the first time
Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...
NASA Captures Long Sought-After Images Of Auroras On Neptune For The First Time Ever
After over 35 years of trying, NASA finally confirmed Neptune has auroras. They did this when astronomers were able to ...
Auroras on Neptune are different from ones on Earth. Here's how
Auroras occur when solar flares interact with the magnetic field of a planet. They have been detected on Jupiter, Saturn, and ...
NASA's First-Ever Image Of Neptune's Glowing Auroras Is A Stunner
(if going by patent filings) of the telescope to finally see Neptune's auroras, and it's thanks to NASA's James Webb Space ...
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Supernova May Have Wiped Out Life on Earth Not Once, but Twice
Could supernovas have triggered ancient mass extinctions on Earth? New research explores how cosmic explosions may have ...
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James Webb telescope zooms in on bizarre 'Einstein ring' caused by bending of the universe
The strange sight is actually two galaxies, with the light of the second warped around the one at the front as a result of ...
NASA's Webb Telescope Reveals First Look at Neptune's Aurora — Leading to a New Mystery
Experts are not sure why Neptune's auroras can be seen around the planet's "mid-latitudes," and not the north and south poles ...
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James Webb Space Telescope spots spectacular auroras on Neptune
The first direct evidence for auroras on Neptune has been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Space Telescope. Auroras happen when energetic particles from the Sun become ...
'124 light-years away': NASA's James Webb Telescope is capable of detecting life in Hycean worlds
Hycean planets, theoretical exoplanets with deep oceans and thick hydrogen atmospheres, could be key targets for detecting ...
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Neptune’s auroras captured in detail for first time
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spotted bright auroral activity on the most distant planet in our solar system.