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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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; ...

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.

New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images have captured auroras on Neptune for the first time.. The telescope spotted infrared auroras that create exotic molecules known as trihydrogen cations ...

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.

On Neptune, the researchers succeeded in recording a clear emission line that suggests the presence of the trihydrogen cation (H₃⁺), which can form in auroras.

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 ...