The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.

This "excites" or heats up the gas molecules that are present in the air, causing them to glow in the ethereal curtains of red, green, and purple that we know as the northern lights. But the effect is ...

The infrared views, captured in 2023, shed light on the giant planet's atmosphere and magnetosphere—but they also reveal something unexpected ...

Aurorae occur when high-energy particles from space - primarily from the Sun - are funneled toward a planet's poles by its magnetic ... with their characteristic green, red, and purple hues. Jupiter's ...

On our planet, these are known as Northern and ... get energized and this causes the famous red, green and purple auroras. Jupiter's astral show is much bigger and comes from multiple different ...

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that auroras on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter ...

Jupiter may have once been more than twice its current size, with a magnetic field 50 times stronger, say scientists who ...

The auroras are created when high-energy particles enter a planet's atmosphere near its ... them to glow in colors of red, green and purple. But Jupiter has an additional source for its auroras ...

Inferring planet composition from observations of clouds Gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn and ice giants like Neptune and Uranus are a major focus of current space missions and large telescopes ...

Look up at the sky this week and you'll see Mars and Jupiter in a tight lineup not seen for years. On Wednesday, the two planets will be at their closest proximity to each other from Earth's ...