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For the first time, researchers have spotted infrared auroras swirling in Neptune’s atmosphere, verifying decades of scientific speculation. When NASA’s Voyager 2 mission flew by Neptune in ...

Auroral activity occurs where a planet's magnetic fields converge into its atmosphere, so Neptune’s auroras are found far from its rotational poles. What can we learn from Neptune's auroras?

Since auroral activity is located around where a planet’s magnetic field meets its atmosphere, Neptune’s auroras are far from its rotational poles. “As we look ahead and dream of future ...

Thirty-six years after the first hints of auroral activity on the ice giant, astronomers have captured Neptune’s aurorae for ...

Uranus's rotational axis is ... Interestingly, a quirk of Neptune's magnetic field meant that its auroras were not where they would appear here on Earth. The lines of our planet's magnetic field ...

Since auroral activity is based where the magnetic fields converge into the planet’s atmosphere, Neptune’s auroras are far from its rotational poles. These images of Saturn’s polar aurora were taken ...

Originally discovered by Voyager 2, Neptune’s magnetic field interacts with solar particles in a way that pulls the auroras far from the rotational poles. This insight helps astronomers ...

Since auroral activity is based where the magnetic fields converge into the planet's atmosphere, Neptune's auroras are far from its rotational poles. The groundbreaking detection of Neptune's ...

Since auroral activity is based where the magnetic fields converge into the planet’s atmosphere, Neptune’s auroras are far from its rotational poles. The ground-breaking detection of Neptune ...