Like the helium hydride cation (HeH +), the Molecule of the Week for May 20, 2019, the trihydrogen cation (H 3 +) looks as though it shouldn’t exist.Also like HeH +, H 3 + was discovered a long time ...

Open the Youtube video. The trihydrogen cation has been instrumental in another auroral discovery, the lost aurorae of Neptune, found again recently after missing for 36 years.On Jupiter, the ...

Trihydrogen cations, or H, are not common molecules in our everyday lives – you might not have heard of them before this article, but we are probably here because of them. This peculiar type of ion is ...

The trihydrogen cation plays a major role in interstellar chemistry where it facilitates the formation of water and organic molecules. Researchers have discovered how the cation forms when organic ...

Before trihydrogen cation is destroyed, it gives off infrared light. That's what Webb observed, Nichols said. Related Stories. Webb telescope captures weird auroras on Neptune for the first time; ...

More information: M. Said Alghabra et al, Anomalous formation of trihydrogen cations from water on nanoparticles, Nature Communications (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24175-9.

Using Webb’s recent observations of Jupiter’s aurora, the scientists studied emissions from a molecule called trihydrogen cation. The special molecule is formed when energetic particles rip an ...

H3+ is a trihydrogen cation that contains three protons and ... The Uranus emission was the result of molecular hydrogen being ionized and forming H3+ cations following collisions with ...

Spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope, auroras occur when energetic particles from the sun interact with a planet’s atmosphere, creating a glowing light show.

At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined with data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

The trihydrogen cation has been instrumental in another auroral discovery, the lost aurorae of Neptune, found again recently after missing for 36 years.On Jupiter, the cation has been suggested as ...