The image on the right shows the planet Jupiter to indicate the location of the observed auroras, which was originally published in 2023. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Ricardo Hueso (UPV), Imke ...

Images captured in 2023 by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope of the massive aurora lights on Jupiter reveal unexpected activity in the gas giant's atmosphere. (Video: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI ...

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 images yet of the dancing aurora lights on ...

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.

Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble to study the auroras of Jupiter. Credit: ESA / NASA / CSA / J. Nichols / M. Zamani Astronomers have zoomed in on Jupiter's poles to get a ...

Scientists have observed vast auroras on another planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

Jupiter's dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal. The solar system's largest planet displays striking ...

More information: J. D. Nichols et al, Dynamic infrared aurora on Jupiter, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58984-z ...

Jupiter has a stupendous magnetic field ... the brightest infrared aurora has no counterpart in ultraviolet light. A possible reason for this, touted by the researchers, is that not only are ...