Views of Jupiter's auroras from Hubble. Updated as data become public. (This account is not affiliated with NASA or AURA/STScI.)
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Always astounded by how beautiful Jupiter’s auroras are. These from last weekend via the awesome @NASAHubble space telescope. That auroral flare is, oh, about as big as the Earth…
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✨ Our @NASAJuno spacecraft may have detected "sprites" — bright, unpredictable, brief flashes of light — dancing in Jupiter's upper atmosphere. Sprites occur on Earth above thunderstorms, but it's the first time they've been observed on another world: go.nasa.gov/3oF1HmT
ALT Illustration of "sprite" flash of light on Jupiter
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#WorldOceansDay: There is exciting evidence that Earth’s oceans are not unique in the Solar System. Does a liquid water ocean lie beneath Europa’s ice? Learn more about the upcoming @NASA mission to confirm: europa.nasa.gov/ Credit: NASA/JPL.
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Earth isn’t the only planet with Northern Lights! Auroras occur on other Solar System planets too. Here, Hubble’s ultraviolet snapshots of Saturn’s aurora are combined in a multi-day timelapse. Credit: bit.ly/35gt9xo
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The winds of change: I’ve made the first definitive detection beyond Earth of an internal magnetic field that changes over time. Atmospheric winds deep inside #Jupiter are likely responsible for variations in the planet's powerful magnetic field. Details: missionjuno.swri.edu/news/Ju…
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Join John, EVA engineer Ed Rezac, and astronaut trainer Christy Hansen in this final episode of Hubble Tool Time to learn about creating a Fastener Capture Plate to capture 111 screws in order to repair the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on Servicing Mission 4 in 2009.