aurora Tag

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the auroras on our Solar System’s largest planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth.

13/05/2025

Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora with Christmas lightshow

A team led by the University of Leicester has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to capture new details of the auroras on our Solar System’s largest planet.

26/03/2025

University of Leicester scientists capture Neptune’s auroras for first time using JWST

For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune, marking the first ever detection of a long-sought species (H3+) high in the atmosphere of the Ice Giant.

27/10/2023

Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds

The presence of an infrared aurora on the cold, outer planet of Uranus has been confirmed for the first time by University of Leicester astronomers.

aurora Tag

Webb reveals new details and mysteries in Jupiter’s aurora with Christmas lightshow

University of Leicester scientists capture Neptune’s auroras for first time using JWST

Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds

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