Jets detected around Jupiter using data from 1979’s Voyager 2 mission

Despite its 484-million-mile (778 million kilometers) distance, the Sun still has a measurable impact on Jupiter, generating jets of plasma around the planet. But it turns out they’ve been hiding from us for nearly 45 years. A study published in Nature Communications re-examines Voyager 2 data from its encounter with Jupiter in July 1979. TheContinue reading “Jets detected around Jupiter using data from 1979’s Voyager 2 mission”
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