Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down cosmic ray instrument on Voyager 2
The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...
This Is the First-Ever Image of Neptune’s Auroral Glow
Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s ...
Astronomers finally spotted auroras on Neptune
Astronomers finally spotted evidence of auroras on Neptune after years of searching, raising new questions about the planet.
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Webb Telescope Images Neptune's Dreamy Auroras
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of Neptune's auroras, making it the first observatory to do ...
Webb Telescope Captures Neptune’s Long-Hidden Auroras in Stunning Detail
Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges of our solar system, about 3 billion miles from the Sun, at the farthest ...
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Neptune's auroras are captured in great detail by NASA's Webb telescope
Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Webb captured Neptune's shimmering lights in infrared light, providing ...
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Check Out Neptune's Beautiful Auroras, Captured for the First Time by the James Webb Space Telescope
Earth’s beautiful northern and southern lights are the result of auroras: when high-energy charged particles from the sun hit ...