New images from the James Webb Space Telescope uncover that Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen connected Earth
ByCHRISTINA LARSON AP subject writer
WASHINGTON -- Jupiter's dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen connected Earth, caller images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal.
The star system's largest satellite displays striking dancing lights erstwhile high-energy particles from abstraction collide with atoms of state successful the ambiance adjacent its magnetic poles, akin to however the bluish lights are triggered connected Earth.
But Jupiter's mentation has overmuch greater intensity, according to an planetary squad of scientists who analyzed the photos from Webb taken connected Christmas successful 2023.
Webb antecedently captured Neptune's glowing auroras successful the champion item yet, galore decades aft they were archetypal faintly detected during a flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
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