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Auroras on ice giant revealed: Space photo of the dayFor the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) has revealed bright auroral activity on the planet Neptune.
The perception of Neptune as much darker and bluer than Uranus was "cemented" when pictures were sent back by the Voyager 2 probe after it flew by the two planets in 1986 and 1989, said The Times.
At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined with data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.
Humanity’s first close-up images from Neptune came 34 years ago from NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft. The images shows bright cirrus clouds high in its atmosphere above most of its methane.
This composite image provided by NASA on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, shows three side-by-side images of Neptune. From left, a photo of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 in 1989, Hubble in 2021, and Webb ...
"As a long-time Neptunophile, anticipation of these images was one of the key reasons I became a JWST Interdisciplinary Scientist," said Heidi Hammel, a Neptune expert, in a post on X. "Kudos to ...
"Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets," said the European Space Agency.
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Check Out Neptune's Beautiful Auroras, Captured for the First Time by the James Webb Space TelescopeEarth’s beautiful northern and southern lights are the result of auroras: when high-energy charged particles from the sun hit ...
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