Heating caused by solar winds on Jupiter extends into its stratosphere, new observations reveal

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Within a day of the solar wind hitting Jupiter, temperatures on the planet increase sharply

New observations made by scientists using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii reveal that auroras appearing at Jupiter's poles heat the planet's atmosphere to a greater depth than earlier believed. A...

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