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"Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets," said the European Space Agency.
Scientists observed and captured the first clear evidence of auroras on Neptune using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), ...
NASA’s James Webb telescope is offering a new look at Neptune’s aurora, leading to a new mystery involving the eighth planet from the sun.
Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s mysterious auroral activity. Faint hints of Neptune’s auroras were first ...
Capturing images of Neptune's auroras had remained out of reach until the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) turned its powerful eye towards the icy planet. "Turns out, actually imaging the ...
The photo at left is an enhanced-color image of Neptune from the Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined ...
The telescope may operate for 20 years, and it's off to a good start. Let's take a look at the best of Webb so far. Here, in no particular order, are 35 of the best Webb images we've seen to date. 1.
"As a long-time Neptunophile, anticipation of these images was one of ... The James Webb Space Telescope is advancing astronomers' knowledge of Neptune, such as revealing the planet's ghostly ...
WASHINGTON — Neptune's glowing auroras have been captured in the minutest detail yet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
That exoplanet is 124 light-years away in the Leo constellation. It's described as much larger than Earth but smaller than ...
an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined with data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.