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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Check out Jupiter's version of the northern lights

On Jupiter, Fourth of July fireworks last year-round.

New images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal a new feature of the gas giant: brilliant blue auroras.

“These auroras are very dramatic and among the most active I have ever seen,” Jonathan Nichols, who studies auroras at the University of...



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