Story highlights Hubble spots 'very dramatic' auroras on JupiterThe new Juno spaceship helped with the observations(CNN) The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of glowing auroras over Jupiter just days before NASA's new Juno spaceship arrives to orbit the gas giant. The auroras were photographed by Hubble during a series of observations of Jupiter made in far ultraviolet-light. #Hubble studies auroras on the poles of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. https://t.co/zyPrVJdIBX pic.twitter.com/SsufGWHhkQ — HubbleTelescope (@HubbleTelescope) June 30, 2016The new Hubble images show bluish lights that appear to dance over Jupiter's poles. "It almost seems as if Jupiter is throwing a fireworks party for the imminent arrival of Juno," Nichols said in press release.

Source: CNN July 01, 2016 04:30 UTC