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Mysterious X-ray flares on Jupiter come from magnetic field vibrations

9 July 2021

Jupiter blasts out strange X-ray flares that have gone unexplained for decades, and the mystery has now been solved by vibrations in the planet’s magnetic field

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Mysterious X-ray flares on Jupiter come from magnetic field vibrations

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