The second stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket captured an amazing view of Earth during the launch of the Intelsat 40e satellite. Credit: SpaceX | time-lapsed by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Jupiter ...

In Jupiter's case, the aurora is partially caused by oxygen and sulphur particles spewing out from giant volcanoes on its nearby moon, Io, which then interact with Jupiter's magnetic field.

When NASA's Juno spacecraft first flew by Jupiter on August 27 ... NASA also released an eerie infrared image of a southern Jovian aurora: The images come from just the first of 36 flybys that ...