<ul><li>On Christmas Day in 2023, scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to capture rapidly-changing features in Jupiter's auroras.</li><li>The observations could help explain how Jupiter's atmosphere is heated and cooled, as reported in a study published in Nature Communications.</li><li>The researchers focused on infrared light emitted by the trihydrogen cation, H3+, to understand its role in cooling Jupiter's atmosphere.</li><li>Puzzling data was discovered when comparing JWST's infrared observations with Hubble's ultraviolet observations of Jupiter's auroras, leaving scientists with unanswered questions.</li></ul>

James Webb telescope reveals 'impossible' auroras on Jupiter that have astronomers scratching their heads

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