The evidence for aurora on Mercury comes from a flyby of ... particles from the sun—just as happens around Earth, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. BepiColumbo found direct evidence of “X-ray ...

4,000 kilometers above the surface, we hit Saturn's upper atmosphere. As we plummet through the north pole, we'll be treated to the sight of a magnificent aurora, like the ones we see in Alaska.

But the exact origins of the aurora for Saturn and Uranus are a little less clear - something the study aims to change. For Uranus specifically, they are looking to answer a key question - whether ...

There are six planets in the night sky all week, four of them visible to the naked eye and two of them getting very close indeed. Here's how to watch.

Science News: 2025 promises remarkable celestial events for stargazers, including the Quadrantid meteor shower, lunar and solar eclipses, Saturn's rings edge-on, an ...