Distant planet aurorae modeled
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 10:30
in Astronomy & Space
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 21 (UPI) -- Earth's aurorae, or Northern and Southern Lights, are spectacular, but on a distant "hot Jupiter" they could be 1,000 times brighter, U.S. astronomers say.
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