NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spotted bright auroral activity on the most distant planet in our solar system. The post Neptune’s auroras captured in detail for first time appeared first on Talker.

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 ...

Get the facts on this planet of extremes. Orbiting the Sun at a distance of 4.5 billion kilometres - more than 30 times further out than the Earth - Neptune is a dark, icy world. Receiving just one ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have studied auroras on Saturn and Jupiter for decades, but Neptune, the farthest planet from the sun, has been harder to see up close. “Neptune has always been elusive,” said ...

Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets of our solar system. "Turns out, actually imaging the auroral activity on Neptune was only ...