Space.com
• Brett Tingley
Webb Captures Jupiter’s Auroras in Unprecedented Detail, Revealing Intensity and Rapid Fluctuations
The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged Jupiter’s auroras at infrared wavelengths, finding them hundreds of times brighter than those on Earth and exhibiting rapid, unexplained changes. These observations challenge existing magnetospheric models and offer new insights into particle interactions in the giant planet’s upper atmosphere.
