JUPITER HAS AN EXTRA MAGNETIC POLE: NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered something extraordinary about Jupiter. There is an extra magnetic pole near the giant planet's equator, dubbed "The Great Blue Spot" by researchers who identified it. Jupiter's unexpected magnetic morphology is a sign that strange things may be happening deep beneath the cloudtops. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com for the full story.
Above: This map of Jupiter's magnetic field shows an unexpected magnetic pole near the planet's equator. Credit: Kimberly Moore et. al, Nature 561, pages76–78 (2018)
