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The Birth of Jupiter’s Mysterious Auroral Storms Has Been Observed For The First Time – ScienceAlert
Just as Earth has spectacular auroras, so too do other Solar System planets have their own versions of the atmospheric light show.
Just as Earth has spectacular auroras, so too do other Solar System planets have their own versions of the atmospheric light show.
Jupiter, in fact, has the most powerful auroras in the Solar System – invisible to our eyes, but glowing brilliantly in ultraviolet wavelengths.
Because Jupiter is so wildly different from Earth, scientists are deeply invested in learning what drives these incredible atmospheric phenomena – and they just got a new clue. Thanks to the Juno orbiter, we’ve now observed…
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