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New images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show details of Jupiter's auroras and how they are formed.
When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?
Scientists looked at Jupiter's massive auroras using the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — and found a mystery they ...
The infrared views, captured in 2023, shed light on the giant planet's atmosphere and magnetosphere—but they also reveal something unexpected ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the presence of water ice in a planetary system beyond our own for the first ...
New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that auroras on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter ...
According to NASA, the aurora on Earth may last only a few minutes, but on Saturn, it can last for days. In the 2010s, aurora ...
Stunning auroral activity has been observed on Jupiter, in an unexpected new discovery that has perplexed astronomers as to ...
Webb telescope uncovers fiery, fast-pulsing auroras on Jupiter, reshaping how scientists understand the planet’s magnetic ...
The telescope captured the space phenomena, which is hundreds of times brighter than the auroras we see on Earth.
"For the first time we can see the chemical cake while it's rising in the oven, instead of just the starting ingredients of ...
The James Webb Space Telescope observed a Jupiter-sized planet meeting its end as it spiraled into the outer layers of its star. Originally detected in 2023 by the Gemini South Observatory, the event ...