In a recent study published in Earth, Planets and Space researchers ... molecular ions to produce the particular aurora. It is not possible for the ring current to solely produce blue hues of ...

Black aurorae are a mysterious phenomena, creating dark rings, shadowy waves ... that are the exact opposite of those in the normal aurora, hence their other nickname "anti-aurora".

Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

The first two weeks of March provide a great opportunity to sight four bright naked-eye planets in the early evening ... pass through the plane of Saturn's ring system on March 23, at which ...

and scientists believe it may actually be a ringed planet, despite evidence that a ring shouldn’t be possible at that distance. What’s really confusing about the ring surrounding this planet ...

The rings, influenced by Saturn's magnetic field, are gradually being pulled into the planet. The phenomenon of "ring rain" may lead to their disappearance in the future. Saturn, a gas giant with ...

Saturn’s rings are an arresting sight even through modest telescopes. The planet is made mostly of hydrogen and helium whereas the rings are billions of pieces of mostly bright-white water ice ...