Neptune’s Long-Hidden Auroras Are Captured for the First Time–While Revealing a New Mystery

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope was finally able to capture bright auroras on Neptune—the most distant planet in our solar system. “In the past, astronomers have seen tantalizing hints of auroral activity on Neptune, for example, in the flyby of NASA’s Voyager 2 in 1989,” said the space agency this week. “However, imaging and confirming the […] The post Neptune’s Long-Hidden Auroras Are Captured for the First Time–While Revealing a New Mystery appeared first on Good News Network.

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