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If Earth had Auroras in similar areas to Neptune, they wouldn't be in the poles - but near Japan and Argentina.
"Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets," said the European Space ...
The planet’s elusive aurorae are much colder than expected, which is how they evaded detection for so long.
"It was so stunning to not just see the auroras, but the detail and clarity of the signature really shocked me." ...
The photo at left is an enhanced-color image of Neptune from the Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined ...
The James Webb Space Telescope helped scientists confirm the celestial lights on one of the most mysterious planets in our solar system.
The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier telescopes or spacecraft. By Robin George Andrews The vermilion ...
Despite “successful detections” on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, astronomers had yet to confirm or obtain images of Neptune’s aurora until nearly two years ago, when Webb’s Near-Infrared ...
Astronomers have just revealed that a day on Uranus is longer than was previously thought, at 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 ...