A new scientific breakthrough has proven the existence of infrared auroras on Uranus and could help scientists understand the gas planet.
Scientists have now confirmed the discovery of infrared auroras on Uranus, and it could help us better understand why the planet is so hot. The researchers confirmed the presence of these special auroras, which only appear in the infrared while looking at data captured nearly 20 years ago. The data shows the presence of infrared auroras glowing in the northern regions that make up Uranus.
One of the ongoing theories is that the energetic auroras could be the cause, which could generate and push heat from the aurora down toward the magnetic equator of the planet. The confirmation that these infrared auroras exist on Uranus, too, could help further prove that theory. These, of course, aren’t the only auroras that Uranus experiences. We have known about ultraviolet auroras on Uranus for several years at this point. But we weren’t so sure about infrared auroras.
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