The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...

Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

Inside the planet’s magnetosphere were electron radiation ... Some of them might be geologically active after all. With an ...

Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s but it was stopped because of ...

That was not always the case, though, as before the planet lost its magnetosphere the place had all the attributes it needed to allow the existence of lakes, rivers, and oceans. Photo: NASA JPL ...

Many planets and moons, and all stars, generate magnetic fields ... where its magnetic field influences space is known as its magnetosphere. Jupiter’s magnetic field is so vast that its ...

The seventh planet from the sun was first discovered on 13 March 1781 by William Herschel, a German-British astronomer.

The Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, is a natural light display in the Earth's sky, and is mostly seen in high ...

Aurora-chasing season has arrived with the spring equinox, a time when space weather experts say we are more likely to see the dancing technicolor lights known as the aurora borealis or Northern ...