An artist's rendition of the infrared aurora superimposed on a Hubble Space Telescope photograph of Uranus. NASA, ESA, and M. Showalter (SETI Institute) for the background image of Uranus ...

Aurora lights on Uranus helped NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope measure the planet’s interior rotation rate, changing what astronomers know about how long a day is on the cold and windy world.

Astronomers confirm the existence of an infrared (IR) aurora on Uranus. This could help astronomers identify exoplanets that might support life, a large number of which are icy worlds.

The ultraviolet aurora on Uranus was first seen in 1986 by NASA's Voyager 2 probe, which flew past the planet that year. It's taken nearly 40 years to detect its infrared counterpart. Using data ...

The newly spotted aurora is one of several new developments spotted on Uranus this year alone. In April, the $10 billion Webb Space Telescope imaged the planet’s dusty rings—tough to spot in ...

Uranus also has its own aurora – though it is not visible in the same way, because of the different atmosphere on that planet. Researchers have known about ultraviolet aurorae on Uranus since 1986.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A day at Uranus just got a little longer. ... A French-led team studied a decade’s worth of aurora observations at the ice giant to track its magnetic poles.

A day at Uranus just got a little longer. ... This image provided by ESA/Hubble showcases 3 frames from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the dynamic aurora on Uranus in Oct. 2022.

Aurora on Uranus in October 2022. ESA/Hubble, NASA, L. Lamy, L. Sromovsky. The study was led by astronomer Laurent Lamy of the Paris Observatory in France.

Sometimes, it feels like there is not enough time in the day here on Earth to get everything done. If human life existed on the planet Uranus, it’s likely the same phenomenon might happen.But ...

Aurora lights on Uranus helped NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope measure the planet’s interior rotation rate, changing what astronomers know about how long a day is on the cold and windy world.