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Revealed: Jupiter’s Secret Power Source

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Jupiter’s northern (and southern) lights Jupiter's polar auroras are the largest and most powerful known in the solar system—and O'Donoghue says the energy in them, caused as Jupiter's atmosphere is buffeted by solar wind, is strong enough to heat the outer atmosphere of the entire planet. Winds in the cloud bands reach 500 km/h.

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Finding Battery Minerals With AI

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And then of course we use copper windings in the electric motors as well. Strickland: Okay, and so you mentioned that you are finding the auras that you were hoping to find in Quebec. If you want to learn more, we’ve linked Goldman’s IEEE Spectrum feature article in the show notes. What’s the end game there?