4,000 kilometers above the surface, we hit Saturn's upper atmosphere. As we plummet through the north pole, we'll be treated to the sight of a magnificent aurora, like the ones we see in Alaska.

The evidence for aurora on Mercury comes from a flyby of ... particles from the sun—just as happens around Earth, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. BepiColumbo found direct evidence of “X-ray ...

Saturn also experiences auroras, known as northern and southern lights. In this image, Hubble ultraviolet-light observations of an aurora are superposed on a visible-light image of the planet.

But the exact origins of the aurora for Saturn and Uranus are a little less clear - something the study aims to change. For Uranus specifically, they are looking to answer a key question - whether ...