Jupiter’s unexplained aurora | Unsolved Mysteries

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Jupiter’s aurora is the biggest, brightest and most stunning in the solar system. For a long time, we assumed it was created the same way that Earth’s aurora (or Northern Lights) are created but the JUNO mission to Jupiter has shown that might not be the case... #unsolvedmystery My new book 'Space: The 10 Things You Should Know' is out now worldwide (except US & Canada) on September 5th 2019! You can pre-order it (UK only) from amazon here: http://bit.ly/SpaceDrBecky News on US & Canadian publication coming soon! Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video! ------ Mauk et al. (2017) - [also I just realised I pronounced it “Μu-ak” all the way through this video when it’s clearly “Ma-uk”🤦🏻‍♀️ my apologies to the author] --------- Dr. Becky also presents videos on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols and Deep Sky Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos Dr Becky Smethurst is an astrophysicist researching galaxies and supermassive black holes at Christ Church at the University of Oxford. http://drbecky.uk.com https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk ------------

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