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NASA Spots 200-Mile-Long ‘Sprites’ and ‘Elves’ on Jupiter – Nerdist
NASA scientists have detected giant blobs and disks of light, known as “elves” and “sprites,” in Jupiter’s atmosphere for the first time ever.
Although the solar system is—quite possibly—devoid of life beyond Earth, seemingly magical things are still happening on all its planets. NASA, for example, has just announced that a team of scientists has spotted so-called “sprites” and “elves” on Jupiter. And while these phenomena exist because of physics rather than fairytales, they still make our galactic niche feel more mystical.
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The NASA scientists outlined their discovery, made with the space agency’s Juno spacecraft,…
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