NASA Telescope Spots Highest-Energy Light Ever Detected From Jupiter
February 11, 2022
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NASA Telescope Spots Highest-Energy Light Ever Detected From Jupiter
The planet’s auroras are known to produce low-energy X-ray light. A new study finally reveals higher-frequency X-rays and explains why they eluded another mission 30 years ago.
Scientists have been studying Jupiter up close since the 1970s, but the gas giant is still full of…