Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will appear together in a row throughout the start of February – although Neptune and Uranus will only be visible with binoculars or a telescope.

But the auroras on Uranus prove that the lights are beautiful anywhere in the solar system, appearing as thin streaks of bright white light set against the deep azure background of the planet.

With the exception of Pluto, planets in our solar system are classified as either ... and trace amounts of other gases. White clouds of water vapor hide much of Earth's surface in views of Earth ...