New research using the James Webb Space Telescope offers the most detailed portrait yet of how auroras form on Uranus.
The telescope observed the ice giant for a full rotation, revealing how temperature and charged particles vary with altitude.
Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show how vivid auroras surge through Uranus’s tilted magnetic field ...
If you think auroras on Earth are a strange and mesmerizing sight, that's nothing like what occurs on the perplexing world of Uranus.
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James Webb telescope spots giant auroras rolling through Uranus' atmosphere
JWST observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation, charting the planet's upper atmosphere and magnetic environment for the ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured giant auroras blazing across Uranus, revealing powerful magnetic storms and rewriting what we know about the distant ice giant.
Webb has delivered the first detailed 3D view of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering glowing auroras, heat peaks thousands of kilometers high, and the powerful influence of its tilted magnetic field ...
The planet's upper atmosphere has been mapped for the first time, revealing one of the solar system's most enigmatic members.
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The James Webb Space Telescope just mapped auroras on Uranus in 3D for the 1st time, and scientists are thrilled
"This is a crucial step towards characterizing giant planets beyond our solar system." ...
Six planets, Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter, are currently visible in the evening sky and can be seen ...
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