https://wordlesstech.com The future today in our amazing world Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:23:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 223030326 https://wordlesstech.com/flying-over-intensely-green-aurora/ https://wordlesstech.com/flying-over-intensely-green-aurora/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:23:57 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=205957 A stunning video captured from the International Space Station shows an intensely green aurora from above.]]> https://wordlesstech.com/flying-over-intensely-green-aurora/feed/ 0 205957 https://wordlesstech.com/aurora-australis-over-antarctica/ https://wordlesstech.com/aurora-australis-over-antarctica/#respond Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:51:06 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=205492 A dazzling display of the Aurora Australis (southern lights) illuminates the skies above the Concordia research station in Antarctica.]]> https://wordlesstech.com/aurora-australis-over-antarctica/feed/ 0 205492 https://wordlesstech.com/aurora-like-emission-on-the-sun-detected-for-the-first-time/ https://wordlesstech.com/aurora-like-emission-on-the-sun-detected-for-the-first-time/#respond Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:15:31 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=196824 Aurora-like emission on the Sun detected about 40,000 kilometers above a dark region for the first time.]]> https://wordlesstech.com/aurora-like-emission-on-the-sun-detected-for-the-first-time/feed/ 0 196824 https://wordlesstech.com/webb-telescope-sees-jupiters-glowing-auroras/ https://wordlesstech.com/webb-telescope-sees-jupiters-glowing-auroras/#respond Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:41:51 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=179589 The James Webb Space Telescope just captured stunning new views of Jupiter’s glowing auroras. Webb NIRCam composite image of Jupiter from three filters – F360M (red), F212N (yellow-green), and F150W2 (cyan) – and alignment due to the planet’s rotation. Image Credit NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt With giant storms,]]> https://wordlesstech.com/webb-telescope-sees-jupiters-glowing-auroras/feed/ 0 179589 https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-aurora-over-the-southern-skies/ https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-aurora-over-the-southern-skies/#respond Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:04:32 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=175768 A vivid aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbits 274 miles above the south The station orbits the Earth in about 90 minutes. In 24 hours, the space station makes 16 orbits of Earth, traveling through 16 sunrises and sunsets. Image Credit: NASA Editor: Yvette Smith  ]]> https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-aurora-over-the-southern-skies/feed/ 0 175768 https://wordlesstech.com/aurora-slathers-up-the-sky/ https://wordlesstech.com/aurora-slathers-up-the-sky/#respond Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:41:58 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=170838 A green aurora slathers up the sky in this impressive snapshot from the International Space Station. About 400 kilometers (250 miles) above Earth, the orbiting station is itself within the upper realm of the auroral displays. Aurorae have the signature colors of excited molecules and atoms at the low densities found at extreme altitudes. Emission]]> https://wordlesstech.com/aurora-slathers-up-the-sky/feed/ 0 170838 https://wordlesstech.com/unique-green-glow-at-the-red-planet/ https://wordlesstech.com/unique-green-glow-at-the-red-planet/#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:17:38 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=167082 ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has detected glowing green oxygen in Mars’ atmosphere – the first time that this emission has been seen around a planet other than Earth. On Earth, glowing oxygen is produced during polar auroras when energetic electrons from interplanetary space hit the upper atmosphere. This oxygen-driven emission of light gives polar]]> https://wordlesstech.com/unique-green-glow-at-the-red-planet/feed/ 0 167082 https://wordlesstech.com/cassini-may-explain-saturns-atmospheric-mystery/ https://wordlesstech.com/cassini-may-explain-saturns-atmospheric-mystery/#respond Tue, 07 Apr 2020 07:25:01 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=165959 Data from NASA’s Cassini may explain Saturn’s atmospheric mystery. New mapping of the giant planet’s upper atmosphere reveals likely reason why it’s so hot. The upper layers in the atmospheres of gas giants – Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune – are hot, just like Earth’s. But unlike Earth, the Sun is too far from these]]> https://wordlesstech.com/cassini-may-explain-saturns-atmospheric-mystery/feed/ 0 165959 https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-aurora-illuminates-the-sky/ https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-aurora-illuminates-the-sky/#respond Sun, 05 Jan 2020 09:38:26 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=164377 A stunning green aurora slathers up the sky in this 2017 June 25 snapshot from the International Space Station. About 400 kilometers (250 miles) above Earth, the orbiting station is itself within the upper realm of the auroral displays. Aurorae have the signature colors of excited molecules and atoms at the low densities found at]]> https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-aurora-illuminates-the-sky/feed/ 0 164377 https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-aurora-from-the-space-station/ https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-aurora-from-the-space-station/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:24:07 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=160439 NASA astronaut Christina Koch snapped this stunning image of an aurora, from the International Space Station. Christina Koch said: “Years ago at the South Pole, I looked up to the aurora for inspiration through the 6-month winter night. Now I know they’re just as awe inspiring from above.” Image credit NASA]]> https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-aurora-from-the-space-station/feed/ 0 160439