"Unexplained Glowing Auroras Discovered on Distant Celestial Objects"

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"Unexplained Glowing Auroras Discovered on Distant Celestial Objects"
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Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have observed a mysterious aurora-like phenomenon on a brown dwarf called W1935, located 47 light-years from Earth. Unlike planets in our solar system, this isolated object lacks a nearby star to create such an aurora, posing a mystery as to the source of energy heating its upper atmosphere and causing methane to glow. The discovery, presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting, suggests that internal processes or external interactions may explain this phenomenon, offering a unique opportunity to study auroral processes beyond our solar system.

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