Days before making its closest approach to Earth for more than 1,000 years, the superbright comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) has been snapped over the Scottish Highlands, appearing to fly through a technicolor swirl of auroras that suddenly exploded into the night sky. Photographer Alan Tough took the spectacular shot in the early hours of Saturday (Oct. 18) from his backyard …
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An amazing new video shows flashes of sunlight sparkling off a batch of SpaceX satellites, with a green aurora glowing just below. NASA astronaut Don Pettit, an accomplished amateur photographer, captured the stunning “train” of SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites during his recent mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The aurora was produced by solar particles slamming into Earth’s atmosphere. …
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Astronomers have spotted auroras on a planet-sized object called SIMP 0136, which is currently roaming around our Milky Way galaxy without a star. The auroral activity seems to be warming the objects upper atmosphere, creating a steady blanket of sand like clouds. The scientists were able to track the weather on SIMP 0136 using the James Webb Space …
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The latest weather forecast doesn’t come from Dublin, London or New York — it comes from deep space, where a lonely world drifts without a sun and glows with auroras more dazzling than Earth’s northern lights. The world, called SIMP-0136, is about 200 million years old and lies about 20 light-years away in the constellation Pisces. It isn’t quite a …
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Kp5 and above intensity northern lights (aurora borealis) appear in the sky over autumn trees as it lit up the sky in shades of green in Anchorage, Alaska, United States on September 29, 2025. This natural phenomenon was observed by locals, photographers and tourists. (Photo by Hasan Akbas/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images A strong display of the …
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What can auroras on a rogue planet teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address, as an international team of researchers investigated the atmospheric composition of a nearby rogue planet, including its atmospheric temperature and auroras. This study has the potential to help astronomers better understand rogue …
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What can auroras on a rogue planet teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated the atmospheric composition of a nearby rogue planet, including its atmospheric temperature and auroras. This study has the potential to help astronomers better understand rogue …
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Mars may be known as the Red Planet, but under the right cosmic conditions, its skies shimmer emerald with auroras — and for the first time, scientists think they can predict the spectacle. Being able to predict Martian auroras, which result from solar storms that also unleash harmful radiation, could provide future astronauts with crucial warning and time to take …
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One of the winners of the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards. (Image credit: Comet 12P/Pons−Brooks Taking a Final Bow © Dan Bartlett) The winners of the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award have been revealed, showcasing a spectacular selection of night sky images that reveal the majesty of ancient galaxies, nebulas, stellar cities and of …
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft revealed faint aurora features likely triggered by charged particles coming from the edge of Jupiter’s massive magnetosphere. . | Credit: NASA/SWRI/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/V. Hue/G. R. Gladstone/B. Bonfond The shimmering northern lights that streak across Alaska’s skies have wilder cousins on …
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