Alien Planet's Auroras: Beautiful And Frightening

Monday, December 5, 2011 - 07:30 in Astronomy & Space

Jupiter-sized planet CoRoT-2b is routinely slammed by solar storms that are 100,000 times stronger than what we experience on Earth, decimating its atmosphere. Researchers speculate that auroras would be seen at all latitudes on the planet.

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