aurora
A Solo Brown Dwarf Found With Auroras
Astronomers have used JWST to find a brown dwarf with polar auroras like the Earth, or Jupiter. This is surprising…
Solar Storms Could Cause Mayhem to Trains
The rail service here in the UK is often the brunt of jokes. If it’s not the wrong type of…
NASA’s MAVEN Witnessed Auroras as Multiple Solar Storms Crashed into Mars
After orbiting Mars for eight long years, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft observed an extraordinary duo of…
Jupiter’s Atmosphere is Surprisingly Hot
Jupiter's upper atmosphere should be pretty cold, but it is surprisingly quite hot.
A New Map Shows how Solar Winds Rain Down Everywhere on Mars
In a joint effort between NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft and the United Arab Emirates’ Emirates Mars mission (EMM), scientists have observed…
Webb Telescope Sees Jupiter and Its Auroras in a New Light
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is designed to probe the farthest frontiers of the universe, but newly released images of…
Chinese Astronomers Recorded Earliest Account of Aurora
How dating an ancient text revealed one of the oldest observations of aurora known.
Here’s the View From Sweden During the Recent Solar Storm
Vivid green and purple aurora swirled and danced across the entire night sky in Sweden recently. The nighttime light show…
Ions Surf Through Jupiter’s Magnetic Field, Triggering its Auroras
Auroras come in many shapes and sizes. Jupiter is well known for its spectacular complement of bright polar lights, which…
Uranus X-Rays are Probably Reflected Sunlight, but There Could be Another Source as Well
X-rays offer a unique insight into the astronomical world. Invisible to the naked eye, most commonly they are thought of…