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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Spots Signs That “Sprites” or “Elves” Frolic in Jupiter’s Atmosphere – SciTechDaily
An instrument on the spacecraft may have detected transient luminous events — bright flashes of light in the gas giant’s upper atmosphere. New results from NASA’s…
The lightning phenomenon known as a sprite depicted at Jupiter in this illustration. Jupiter’s hydrogen-rich atmosphere would likely make them appear blue. In Earth’s upper atmosphere, the presence of nitrogen gives them a reddish color. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI
An instrument on the spacecraft may have detected transient luminous events — bright flashes of light in the gas giant’s upper atmosphere.
New results from NASA’s Juno mission at Jupiter suggest that either “sprites” or “elves” could…
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