Webb has delivered the first detailed 3D view of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering glowing auroras, heat peaks thousands of kilometers high, and the powerful influence of its tilted magnetic field ...
For the first time, astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’ ionosphere, uncovering unexpected temperature ...
Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show how vivid auroras surge through Uranus’s tilted magnetic field ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope provided the first vertical view of Uranus's ionosphere in this image released on Feb. 19, ...
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A rare event supercharged Uranus with radiation and broke decades of assumptions
Voyager caught Uranus in a rare magnetic storm, and a 40-year mystery became a mission case for understanding volatile ice ...
The breakthrough was made by an international team of astronomers using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, which ...
Scientists have found that previously-known observations about Uranus were misleading. Uranus, the first planet discovered with a telescope, was closely observed in 1986 during a five-day flyby by ...
NASA's Voyager 2 helped shape scientists' understanding of Uranus but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers and renewed interest in the icy planet and its moons.
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James Webb telescope reveals stunning 3D auroras on Uranus for the first time
Uranus, with its strange magnetic field and mysterious auroras, has long baffled scientists. Now, thanks to the James Webb ...
Everything we know about Uranus’s radiation belts comes from one brief fly-by in 1986, when Voyager 2 passed the planet. For decades, scientists have .
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