Jupiter's auroras were captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, ...

Regarding Jupiter's auroras, scientists were interested in discovering how quickly the light displays flickered, expecting them to fade in and out over 15 or more minutes.

NASA’s JWST has captured new images revealing Jupiter’s auroras hundreds of times brighter than Earth’s, caused by complex ...

The observation is based on data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which made a historic low orbit flight over Jupiter’s north ...

These observations of Jupiter’s auroras (left) were captured with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on Dec. 25, 2023.

Now, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning example of this phenomenon in action on Jupiter, where the light show of the auroras is hundreds of times brighter than it is on Earth.

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

After imaging Jupiter's auroras with the James Webb's Near-Infrared Camera instrument, Nichols and his team discovered that the emission from the molecule trihydrogen cation — one of the most ...