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 ...
Both of the ice giant planets, Uranus and Neptune, lacked what's known as a "dipole magnetic field." This was in stark ...
Magnetic vortices twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere into its deep atmosphere cause giant, ultraviolet-absorbing polar ...
A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s strange ...
Everything's stately and calm—until you zoom in. Saturn's powerful magnetic field also has subtle and strange effects on the smaller particles in its rings. Voyager and Cassini returned images ...
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 ...
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 ...