"The solar wind squished Jupiter’s magnetic shield like a giant squash ball," O'Donoghue said. "This created a super-hot region that spans half the planet. Jupiter's diameter is 11 times larger than ...

A powerful solar storm has delivered a dramatic blow to Jupiter’s magnetosphere, revealing that even the largest planet in our solar system isn’t immune to the Sun’s ferocity. As detailed in a new ...

Researchers determined that these vortices are caused by Jupiter's strong magnetic field, which is 20,000 times stronger than Earth's. Charged particles from the volcanoes on the moon Io and a ...

Scientists at the University of Reading have discovered a solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere -- a protective bubble created by a planet's magnetic field.

The magnetosphere of Jupiter is 10 times stronger than Earth’s own, but even the mighty are affected by the solar waves. The wave that hit the planet in 2017 compressed this magnetic shield.

These spectacular lights resemble those seen on Earth, where they're generated when energetic particles interact with our planet's magnetic field, but Jupiter's auroras are believed to proceed ...

Scientists at the University of Reading have discovered a solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere – a protective bubble created by a planet's magnetic field.

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