Ganymede's auroras splinter into small, bright patches — structures that mirror features seen in Earth's own auroral displays ...

New research using the James Webb Space Telescope offers the most detailed portrait yet of how auroras form on Uranus.

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim recorded time-lapse footage of aurora, lightning and city lights illuminating the night-side of ...

March 2026 could be a historic moment for stargazers and aurora enthusiasts alike. According to experts, this month might ...

If you think auroras on Earth are a strange and mesmerizing sight, that's nothing like what occurs on the perplexing world of Uranus.

New images of Uranus show the planet in blue, the upper atmosphere in red, auroras in lighter red spots and rings in white. ESA / Webb, NASA, CSA, STScI, P. Tiranti, H. Melin, M. Zamani (ESA / Webb) ...

Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, produces auroras like Earth’s. New data from Juno reveals surprising details about its magnetic field.

Every winter, thousands of tourists travel to high-latitude regions like Scandinavia, Canada, and Alaska hoping to see the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. Vincent Ledvina, an aurora guide and Ph.D ...

New observations of Ganymede reveal a striking similarity between the auroras on the largest moon in the solar system and those on Earth. The international team of astrophysicists, led by researchers ...

JWST observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation, charting the planet's upper atmosphere and magnetic environment for the first time.

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The James Webb Space Telescope has watched Uranus' upper atmosphere for almost a full Uranian day. Credit: ESA / NASA / CSA / P. Tiranti / H. Melin / M. Zamani Scientists have mapped the upper ...