Post by sherlew99 on Mar 27, 2016 1:22:29 GMT -6
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Something Weird and Amazing Is Happening at Jupiter's North Pole
Maddie Stone
Tuesday 4:00pm
If you were soaring through Jupiter’s turbid skies wearing a pair of x-ray goggles, you might get lucky and witness something incredible. Brilliant flashes of light, more luminous and powerful than the Sun, occurring every 26 minutes and stretching as far as the eye can see. That’s the essence of a massive solar storm recently witnessed for the first time near Jupiter’s north pole.
Something Weird and Amazing Is Happening at Jupiter's North Pole
Maddie Stone
Tuesday 4:00pm
If you were soaring through Jupiter’s turbid skies wearing a pair of x-ray goggles, you might get lucky and witness something incredible. Brilliant flashes of light, more luminous and powerful than the Sun, occurring every 26 minutes and stretching as far as the eye can see. That’s the essence of a massive solar storm recently witnessed for the first time near Jupiter’s north pole.
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