The bright dawn on Jupiter are captured by the Spatial Webb telescope

Washington – The dazzling dawn of Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on earth, new images of James Webb space telescope reveal.

THE The largest planet in the solar system Displays the striking dance fires when high -energy particles from the space collide with gas atoms in the atmosphere near its magnetic poles, similar to the way in which the northern lights are triggered on earth.

But the version of Jupiter has a much greater intensity, according to an international team of scientists who analyzed webb photos taken at Christmas in 2023.

Webb previously captured the brilliant dawn of Neptune in the best detail to date, many decades after being slightly detected during an overview of the spacecraft travel 2.

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