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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just spotted auroras stretching across Neptune’s mid-latitudes—not the poles. Why?

The planet’s bizarre magnetic field and a shockingly cold upper atmosphere may hold the answer.

These new findings are rewriting what we know about the solar system’s most distant planet.

Watch to see how Webb is revealing Neptune in a whole new light.

For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/webb

Credit:
Producer: Paul Morris
Writer: Thaddeus Cesari
Narrator: Dr. Quyen Hart
Images: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci

Music Credit:
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