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An artistic representation of how the northern infrared aurora would have looked like in 2006 (marked in red). The darker red locations indicate confirmed aurora locations, with fainter red used to mark possible aurora locations. Credit to NASA, ESA and M. Showalter (SETI Institute) for the background image of Uranus, as was observed by the Hubble Space Telescope (in the visible spectrum) in August 2005. Credit to NASA, ESA and M. Showalter (SETI Institute) for the background image of Uranus, as was observed by the Hubble Space Telescope (in the visible spectrum) in August 2005.

Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Press Release, Uranus

Uranus Aurora Discovery Offers Clues To Habitable Icy Worlds

by Keith CowingOctober 27, 2023October 27, 2023

The presence of an infrared aurora on the cold, outer planet of Uranus has been confirmed for the first time by University of Leicester astronomers.

Space Weather & Heliophysics

Impact On Life From The Temporary Breakdown Of Earth's Magnetic Field 42,000 Years Ago

by Keith CowingFebruary 18, 2021

The temporary breakdown of Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago sparked major climate shifts that led to global environmental change and mass extinctions, a new international study co-led by UNSW […]

Magnetic Fields

Uranus Aurora Discovery Offers Clues To Habitable Icy Worlds

Impact On Life From The Temporary Breakdown Of Earth's Magnetic Field 42,000 Years Ago

ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey (ACES) I: Overview

RNA And Proteins Joined Up At The Origins Of Life: Persistence Is The Point

Selection For Growth Drives The Emergence Of Genetic Heredity In Protocells

NASA SMD ROSES-25 Amendment 65: New Opportunity: C.4 Planetary Science Enabling Facilities

TESS Photometry and Radial Velocity Analysis of the sub-Neptune Exoplanet π Mensae c and the Wider π Mensae Planetary System