THE NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recorded new images of Jupiter’s Auroras . Compared to Earth, these phenomena are huge and Hundreds of times brighter .
On the largest planet of our solar system, the light show happens when energy -laden particles from space enter the planet’s atmosphere by magnetic poles. They collide with air gases, releasing energy that turns into visible light.
Observation of the aurora images will help scientists understand how Jupiter’s atmosphere is heated and cooled.
Known as boreal auroras on earth – which are caused by solar storms when sun -loaded particles reach the high atmosphere, they energize the gases and make them shine – these phenomena in Jupiter are enhanced by the extremely strong magnetic field that captures particle charged with their surroundings.
In addition, its Moon IO, known for its numerous and large volcanoes, also launches particles that escape the severity of the moon and orbit the giant planet, generating more shine in its auroras.
The results were published on Monday (12) in a study in the magazine Nature Communications by a team of scientists led by Jonathan Nichols of the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.
“What made these observations even more special is that we also took pictures simultaneously on Ultraviolet with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Interestingly, the brightest light observed by the Webb had no real equivalent in hubble images,” said the researcher.
Because they are unable to explain the difference between the images produced by the instruments, the team now plans to study this discrepancy between the data and to understand the implications of the auroras for the atmosphere and the space environment of Jupiter.
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This content was originally published in Webb Telescope records details of Jupiter’s Auroras; See photos on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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