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.

Wong (UC Berkeley), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Jonathan Nichols (University of Leicester), Mahdi Zamani (ESA/Webb) Webb sees the aurora flickering, fluctuating, and undulating at Jupiter’s north pole.

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 ...

They thought the Hubble telescope would show evidence of the aurora-creating, high-energy cosmic particles slamming into Jupiter’s atmosphere—but it didn’t. “What we’re seeing is an ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...