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JWST Captures Jupiter’s Auroras ‘Fizzing And Popping With Light’ : ScienceAlert

Last updated: May 14, 2025 2:30 am
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Jupiter’s Mysterious Auroras Revealed by JWST Observations

Jupiter, known as the king of the planets, is adorned with a magnificent crown of auroras that shine brightly at its north and south poles in non-visible wavelengths such as ultraviolet, infrared, and occasional bursts of X-ray. These powerful auroras have long captivated astronomers, and recent observations with cutting-edge instruments have started to unveil some of their secrets.

The most recent breakthrough in understanding Jupiter’s auroras comes from observations made by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on 25 December 2023. Astronomer Jonathan Nichols of the University of Leicester in the UK was astonished by the new findings, stating, “What a Christmas present it was – it just blew me away!”

The auroras on Jupiter are generated in a similar way to Earth’s auroras, with particles being accelerated and dumped into the atmosphere at the poles, creating a beautiful glow. What sets Jupiter’s auroras apart is their main source – the volcanic moon Io, which constantly releases sulfur dioxide that feeds into the planet’s auroras.

One intriguing molecule that contributes to Jupiter’s auroras is the trihydrogen cation (H3+), which emits an infrared glow. By studying the behavior of these molecules using JWST and Hubble observations, scientists are gaining valuable insights into the energy budget of the Jovian auroras.

Despite the progress made in understanding Jupiter’s auroras, there are still mysteries to unravel. Nichols notes, “In order to cause the combination of brightness seen by both Webb and Hubble, we need to have an apparently impossible combination of high quantities of very low energy particles hitting the atmosphere – like a tempest of drizzle! We still don’t understand how this happens.”

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While Jupiter continues to confound scientists with its enigmatic behavior, ongoing observations and future modeling work promise to shed more light on the intricate workings of the giant planet’s auroras. The recent findings have been published in Nature Communications, marking another step forward in our quest to decipher the celestial wonders of Jupiter.

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