Jupiter Auroras Fed by Largest Moon's Magnetic "Bubble"

Friday, September 18, 2009 - 10:56 in Astronomy & Space

A mini-magnetosphere around the moon Ganymede joins volcanic material from the moon Io as the likely drivers of huge auroras that dance across Jupiter's poles, new research says.

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