Bright auroras on Jupiter captured by Webb Space Telescope

The auroras on Jupiter captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Picture: Nasa/AP

Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal.

The solar system’s largest planet displays striking dancing lights when high-energy particles from space collide with atoms of gas in the atmosphere near its magnetic poles, similar to the way the northern lights are triggered on Earth.