See how it looks continuous aurora on Jupiter – TVN Meteo

NASA scientists have observed aurora at Jupiter through the Hubble Space Telescope. The program of observation are used not only images but also measurements by spacecraft Juno, which is now on its way to Jupiter, and in the future is to be the artificial satellite.

Jupiter being the largest planet of the Solar System, it is best known for its picturesque colorful storms on its surface. Now, however, researchers interested in the other phenomenon that occurs on this planet. Unusual bright flares that have recently been observed, this aurora. Arises when the charged energy particles come into the planet’s atmosphere near the magnetic poles and collide with atoms of gas.

Long-term observations

Hubble Space Telescope a few months watching the planet almost daily . To create the visualization of the aurora on Jupiter, the researchers used a series of images in extreme ultraviolet light.

observation except that delivers amazing images, has also investigate how the individual components of auroras on Jupiter react to different conditions in the solar wind (a stream of charged particles ejected from the Sun). That’s why the Hubble Space Telescope and spacecraft Juno cooperate.

Juno is currently in the stream of solar wind near Jupiter and will soon be in orbit around the planet. Two measuring instruments with each other very well synchronized. The Hubble Space Telescope observed auroras on Jupiter, Juno and tested at the time the properties of the solar wind in the vicinity of it.

Spectacular bursts

Aurora on Jupiter is not only huge, but also much stronger than those on Earth. And unlike the phenomena on the planet, those on Jupiter never cease. This is inter alia because its strong magnetic field attracts the charged particles from the environment.

– This is a very spectacular auroras and the most active ever seen – says Jonathan Nichols of the British University of Leicester, involved in the research.

the new observations will help better understand how the sun and other sources of energy affect the formation of the aurora. Although the study Hubble Space Telescope is still in progress and may take even several months, NASA has already published the first photos and videos, which you can see a visualization of this extraordinary phenomenon.