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Mystery solved: Jupiter’s X-ray aurora explained. X-ray flares are triggered by periodic vibrations in Jupiter’s magnetic field lines, which create waves of plasma that allow ions to “surf” down into the atmosphere, where they collide at high speed and generate X-rays.


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