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Webb Captures Io’s and Europa’s Auroral Footprints in Jupiter’s Atmosphere


Using the NIRSpec data, planetary scientists measured the physical properties of the auroral footprints of Jupiter’s two innermost Galilean moons, Io and Europa, including the local temperature and ionospheric density, in the near-infrared.

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