Freaky New Feature Detected in Jupiter’s Northern Lights – Gizmodo Australia

A newly detected auroral feature on Jupiter bears a striking resemblance to expanding smoke rings, in a discovery made possible by NASAs Juno spacecraft.
New research published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics describes faint ring-shaped auroral features on Jupiter, the largest of which measure approximately 2,000 km across. Expanding rapidly, the rings, or circular expanding UV-emissions in the words of the researchers, were clocked at speeds between 2 km and 8 km per second.
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