NASA’s Juno space craft captures ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere
NASA‘s Juno spacecraft has captured electric blue ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Such transient luminous events occur on Earth during a thunderstorm, but these are the first to be observed on another world. The bright, unpredictable flashes of lights typically form on our planet about 60 miles above large thunderstorms, creating flares that … Read more