Solved: 40-Year Mystery of Jupiter’s Northern LightsJupiter’s X-ray auroras had baffled scientists for almost 40 years, but they eventually claimed to have solved the mystery. For the first time, they observed how the entire process worked, and they believed it might have been happening on other planets too. The discovery and its findings were published in July in the journal Science Advances. Finally, there were answers to questions like: What were these auroras? How were they formed? And why did they occur only on Jupiter? Let’s delve into the discovery and explore how Jupiter’s auroras inte…