Uranus' auroras are strange. James Webb telescope reveals how they form

New research using the James Webb Space Telescope offers the most detailed portrait yet of how auroras form on Uranus.

NASA's Webb telescope unveils details about strange auroras on Uranus

If you think auroras on Earth are a strange and mesmerizing sight, that's nothing like what occurs on the perplexing world of Uranus.

James Webb Takes Long, Hard Look Inside Uranus

The observatory’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument observed Uranus for almost a full rotation just over a year ago, showing how the planet’s ionosphere, a thin layer in the planet’s ...
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See the rosy glow of Uranus in its full 3D glory

Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show how vivid auroras surge through Uranus’s tilted magnetic field ...

Webb telescope reveals Uranus' upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail

The James Webb Space Telescope delivers the 1st detailed 3D map of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, revealing dramatic temperature ...

Webb Just Spent 17 Hours Staring at Uranus—and Found Its Auroras Are Even Weirder Than We Thought

The telescope observed the ice giant for a full rotation, revealing how temperature and charged particles vary with altitude.
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SpaceX Starship For A NASA Flagship Uranus Science Mission

In 2022, the National Academy of Sciences Planetary Science Decadal Survey recommended exploration of Uranus as its highest priority Flagship mission for the 2030s. The Decadal recommendation relied ...