"What causes Jupiter's X-ray auroras?"

Revealing the source of Jupiter's X-ray auroral flares

New research article led by Yao Zhonghua and William Dunn from the ISSI-BJ International Team 
"The morphology of auroras at Earth and giant planets: characteristics and their magnetospheric implications" 

On July 7, 2021, a groundbreaking scientific paper on Jupiter's X-ray auroral emissions was published on Science Advances. 

Yao Zhonghua (IGG, CAS/UCAS, China) and William Dunn (UCL, UK/Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA), members of the ISSI-BJ International Team on the morphology of auroras at Earth and giant planets, together with a team of outstanding researchers, have solved the puzzle that has haunted scientists for the past 40 years. 

What is the process that produces Jupiter's X-ray flares?

Read the article here and watch the video below to discover it. 


Credits: Yao/Dunn/ESA/NASA
 

Notes for editors

‘Revealing the source of Jupiter’s x-ray auroral flares’ by Z.H. Yao and W.R. Dunn et al. (2021) is published in Science Advances. 
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf0851 

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