For 40 years, Jupiter's intense aurora polaris, also known as northern and southern lights, have puzzled astronomers around the world. Now, scientists have finally uncovered the mystery behind the ...

JWST has taken even more beautiful images of Jupiter and its aurora. ... They also aim to study the planet’s faint ring and how it evolves over time, as well as take pictures of some of its moons.

Jupiter sets record after 12 new moons discovered 00:14. Jupiter's dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal ...

NASA’s Juno probe is going where no man-made craft has ever gone before — right at Jupiter’s swirling Great Red Spot.Renowned Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan C. McDowell said the … ...

Space telescopes don't take holidays off, which is why NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's powerful instruments were trained on Jupiter on Christmas Day 2023, capturing some of the most detailed ...

These Hubble pictures reveal the tadpole galaxy Kiso 5639. Its "head," rich in hydrogen and helium, is a hotbed for star formation, as seen via the infrared (red) glow in the top image.

Hubble follows rapid changes in Jupiter's aurora. 17 Jun 2002. Hubble Space Telescope's sharp view of the rapid, spectacular dance of luminescent gasses high in Jupiter's atmosphere -- better known as ...

The JWST image of Jupiter's aurora shown here was captured by the telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on Dec. 25, 2023, showing aurorae that appear to swirl above the planet's cloud tops.

In the early 1880s, the French astronomer Étienne Léopold Trouvelot published a dreamy illustration of Jupiter based on his telescope observations. Back then, the gas giant looked, through ...

Jupiter's aurora drove a heat wave as wide as 10 Earths Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon, on the night of September 3, 2012. Courtesy of David Cartier, Sr./NASA ...

Astronomers have finally found the aurora created on Jupiter by its moon Callisto. Signatures from the other three moons were spotted years ago, but Callisto's print remained hidden.

Best known for its Giant Red Spot, now Jupiter has another stunning decoration: An aurora at the top of the solar system's largest planet.