The James Webb Telescope, which is sent into space to learn the secrets of the universe, has presented a form of the planet Jupiter in our solar system that has never been seen before.
The James Webb Telescope captured the auroras of Jupiter’s north pole in the camera’s eye.
These auroras were hundreds of times brighter than Earth’s auroras, and for the first time, the opportunity to see their finest details was obtained with the help of these images.
Such auroras are formed when particles emitted from the Sun collide with the magnetic system of a planet.
On Earth, this results in such colored lights at the north or south poles.
Analysis of the data from the James Webb Telescope images revealed that the auroras on Jupiter are not only caused by solar particles.
In fact, the strong magnetic field of the largest planet in the solar system also attracts solar particles around it.
That is, the process of auroras on Jupiter is much more complex than on Earth.
James Webb’s near-infrared camera helped capture images of Jupiter’s auroras.
The University of Leicester in the UK made these images possible with the help of James Webb and these images were shared with NASA.
The researchers said that these images blew our minds.
They said that we wanted to see how quickly these lights change and thought that their brightness would fade very quickly, but this did not happen.
The research team took these images simultaneously with the Hubble and James Webb telescopes, which gave them the opportunity to compare the data from ultraviolet and near-infrared images simultaneously.
Researchers hope that these results will help us further understand the inner workings of Jupiter’s magnetic field and how the planet heats and cools.
