When these collisions take place, the icy particles vaporize, forming charged water molecules that interact with Saturn’s magnetic field; ultimately, falling toward Saturn, where they burn up in ...

New models using Voyager 2 data show that separate layers in the planets’ mantles could be creating disordered magnetic ...

Despite being more massive than Uranus, Neptune has a smaller total diameter and thinner atmosphere compared to its icy ...

Footage of Saturn's northern lights taken by the Cassini ... down and collide with a planet's atmosphere via the planet's magnetic field. "Our magnetic field is basically a big shield, and the ...

Magnetic vortices twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere into its deep atmosphere cause giant, ultraviolet-absorbing polar ...

People thinks over Saturn’s awe-inspiring system of rings that enclose the gas giant to be the most fascinating and iconic ...

A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s strange ...

We might finally understand what’s going on inside Uranus and Neptune, and the answer is pretty surprising: They may each ...