This Is the First-Ever Image of Neptune’s Auroral Glow
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 detected during Voyager 2’s flyby of the planet, but Webb’s latest discovery is the first direct evidence of the phenomenon.
Auroras occur when energetic particles, often from the sun, are caught in a planet's magnetic field and collide with the ...
Astronomers finally spotted evidence of auroras on Neptune after years of searching, raising new questions about the planet.
The James Webb Space Telescope helped scientists confirm the celestial lights on one of the most mysterious planets in our ...
Neptune often looks slightly different in observations, as it has dark spots which appear periodically. But it can also be bright at times, as the observations of auroras there show: In the image ...
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