Submitted by Spiritual_Navigator t3_115kmfj in space
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furiana t1_j92ampw wrote
Me neither! That's so cool. :)
Sassy-irish-lassy t1_j92bd3b wrote
Wouldn't that just mean that the moon has a sufficiently sized magnetic field
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Spiritual_Navigator OP t1_j92vdqd wrote
Exactly right
Head_Weakness8028 t1_j92y8up wrote
Just curious, but wouldn’t it be Jupiters magnetosphere, causing the auroras?
Spiritual_Navigator OP t1_j9257o3 wrote
"Astronomers have discovered new auroras over Jupiter's four largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, observable at visible wavelengths. The new auroras reveal in greater detail the composition of the thin atmospheres of these Jovian moons, including traces of oxygen and sodium, but only minimal water vapor. "
Never expected that moons could have auroras