Jupiter's X-ray Emission Captured by Chandra (IMAGE)

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Jupiter's X-ray Emission Captured by Chandra

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Jupiter's X-ray emission (in magenta and white, for the brightest spot, overlaid on a Hubble Space Telescope optical image) captured by Chandra as a coronal mass ejection (CME) reaches the planet on Oct. 2, 2011, and then after the solar wind subsides on Oct. 4, 2011. The Northern Lights seem to expand southwards and the brightening is clearly visible as the CME arrives.

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Joseph DePasquale, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Chandra X-ray Center

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Credit Joseph DePasquale, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Chandra X-ray Center

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