Jupiter's X-ray aurora (IMAGE)

University College London

Jupiter's X-ray aurora

Caption

Overlaid images of Jupiter's pole from NASA's satellite Juno and NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope. Left shows a projection of Jupiter's Northern X-ray aurora (purple) overlaid on a visible Junocam image of the North Pole. Right shows the Southern counterpart.

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NASA Chandra/Juno Wolk/Dunn

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