Jupiter’s intense auroras superheat its upper atmosphere0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 17, 2021
Heat spawned by high-speed charged particles slamming into the air above the poles spreads far
Heat spawned by high-speed charged particles slamming into the air above the poles spreads far
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