Jupiter's mysterious x-ray auroras have puzzled scientists for decades. Now they may know how they are created.
"You can set your watch by it," Dr Dunn said.They found that Jupiter's magnetic field vibrated in sync with the x-ray flashes, indicating that the two were connected.
Earth's auroras only occur during solar storms, when the solar wind — a stream of charged particles from the Sun — rains down on the planet's magnetic field. On the other hand, Jupiter's auroras happen all the time and are mainly fuelled by oxygen and sulphur particles spewing out from the giant volcanoes on its nearby moon, Io.
Once there, the particles smash together, producing spectacular bursts of x-rays to the regular vibrations of the magnetic field.Connecting to the bigger picture
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