Astronomers discover new clues to the 40-year-old mystery behind Venus's green glow
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
Most of us have seen the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights, which paint the night sky with a multi-colored glow. These ghostly lights also show up in the southern hemisphere. But the light show on Venus is quite a different if you know where to look. A group of astronomers studying the phenomenon shared their findings at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences in November.