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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 ...
NASA just captured something incredible on Neptune for the first time
Neptune’s glowing auroras have been captured in the best detail yet by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Auroras can happen ...
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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 NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin (Northumbria ...
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Webb telescope captures weird auroras on Neptune for the first time
But Webb's observations didn't just provide new pretty pictures of the ice giant planet's greenish-blue splotches. It revealed how odd Neptune's auroras are compared to other planets', glowing ...
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This Is the First-Ever Image of Neptune’s Auroral Glow
Webb’s detection of auroras on Neptune is the first time astronomers have captured direct evidence of this phenomenon on the planet. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin ...
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Auroras on ice giant revealed: Space photo of the day
For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) has revealed bright auroral activity on the planet Neptune. Capturing the auroral activity on the ice giant has been long in coming ...