Scientists have conclusively imaged a circumplanetary disk around a distant exoplanet, and Jupiter’s auroras claim the spotlight with their unique Birkeland currents.
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https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab2a12
‘Moon-forming’ Circumplanetary Disk Discovered in Distant Star System
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‘Moon-forming’ Circumplanetary Disk Discovered in Distant Star System
https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2019/26/4502-Image.html?news=true
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:3-ALMA-antennas-interferometry.jpg
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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12865
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schematic-of-combined-FACs-and-ionospheric-current-systems.png
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/media-gallery/magnetosphere