Exploring Auroras on Mars
Auroras are caused by high-speed charged particles entering planetary atmospheres. Protons and electrons are emitted by the Sun in the solar wind, and some of these ions collide with atoms […]
Auroras are caused by high-speed charged particles entering planetary atmospheres. Protons and electrons are emitted by the Sun in the solar wind, and some of these ions collide with atoms […]
The gas giants of our solar system are so far from the Sun that they should have cold atmospheres. However, the upper atmosphere of Saturn (and the other gas giants) […]
NASA trained several pairs of eyes on Saturn as the planet put on a dancing light show at its poles. While NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, orbiting around Earth, was able […]