If you thought the flickering green and red auroras of Earth were spectacular, that's nothing compared to Jupiter. New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that the ...

On Dec. 28, 2000, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft discovered auroras on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. Galileo launched in 1989 ...

Jupiter's auroras, captured in infrared by the Webb telescope, reveal unprecedented dynamic activity. Unlike Earth's auroras, Jupiter's are fueled by particles not only from the Sun but also from its ...

Everything about Jupiter is extreme. The planet is home to gigantic polar cyclones bigger than Australia, fierce jet streams, ...

NASA's James Webb Telescope has captured auroras on Jupiter that have hundreds of times more energy than those here on Earth. Jupiter's auroras are like the "Northern Lights, but way bigger!" NASA ...

What can Jupiter’s auroras teach scientists about auroras on other planets? This is what a recent study published in Physical Review Letters hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated a new ...

"These auroras are very dramatic and among the most active I have ever seen", says Jonathan Nichols from the University of Leicester, UK, and principal investigator of the study. "It almost seems as ...

Astronomers have zoomed in on Jupiter's poles to get a better look at the gas giant planet's auroras — 100 times brighter than the Northern Lights on Earth. A team of scientists used the James Webb ...

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Bob King, of AstroBob’s Astronomy for Everyone, recounts the spectacular auroras that occurred on November 11 & 12, 2025. There is another chance to see auroras on Saturday night. The Leonid Meteor ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On Earth, people at very high latitudes sometimes enjoy the spectacular light shows known as the auroras, also called the northern or southern ...