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New Type of Aurora Spotted on Saturn Friday, June 20, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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A new type of aurora may exist on Saturn, creating a faint ring around one the planet's poles, a new study suggests. Debris from Saturn's moon Enceladus may be feeding the light shows. The planet has oval-like auroras that periodically brighten its poles. This type of aurora is thought to be much like the Earth's, which is caused by the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emanating from the Sun. (source: space.newscientist.com)
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