Webb Telescope Captures Neptune’s Long-Hidden Auroras in Stunning Detail
Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...
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Neptune's auroras captured for first time—Here's why they are elusive
Astronomers have successfully captured Neptune's auroras for the first time, utilizing the combined capabilities of the James ...
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James Webb telescope captures auroras on Neptune for first time ever
The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that ...
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NASA’s Webb telescope captures Neptune’s auroras in stunning detail for first time
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope used its Near-Infrared Spectrograph to capture Neptune’s auroras in stunning detail.
Mysterious Radio Pulses Hint at a Strange Cosmic Object That Shouldn’t Exist
A cosmic enigma, ASKAP J1839-0756, a slow-spinning neutron star discovered using the ASKAP radio telescope, is challenging ...
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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 ...
The extraordinary reason why scientists are collecting sea turtle tears
Martin told me she would army crawl up to the turtles on the sand and dab around their eyes with a foam swab, soaking up the ...
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 ...
North East scientists help capture stunning images of Neptune auroras
Scientists at Northumbria University have successfully captured images of auroras on Neptune using NASA’s James Webb Space ...
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 ...
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We've spotted auroras on Neptune for the first time
After nearly 36 years of searching, astronomers have finally confirmed Neptune has auroras, thanks to data from the James ...
NASA makes first successful detection of Earth’s ambipolar electric field
For over half a century, scientists suspected a quiet but powerful electric field might be influencing Earth’s upper ...