Fw: Chandra Digest (Mar 3): Jupiter

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----- Original Message ----- From: Chandra X-ray Center To: chandradigest Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:23 PM Subject: Chandra Digest (Mar 3): Jupiter --- Thursday, March 3, 2005 --- =================================== ** Jupiter: Chandra Probes High-Voltage Auroras on Jupiter Scientists have obtained new insight into the unique power source for many of Jupiter's auroras, the most spectacular and active auroras in the Solar System. Extended monitoring of the giant planet with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory detected the presence of highly charged particles crashing into the atmosphere above its poles. < http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/jupiter/  > =================================== ++ User Support Expert Steps Down Every year about this time scientists who want to use Chandra to make an observation are frantically putting the finishing touches on proposals which will go the Chandra Director's Office (CDO). There, the hard-working CDO staff will sort the proposals into categories and distribute them to panels of independent scientific reviewers as part of a lengthy peer review process. <  http://chandra.harvard.edu/chronicle/0105/fred/  > ++ All recent New & Noteworthy features are available at < http://chandra.harvard.edu/new.html > =================================== -- ************************************************ Chandra X-Ray Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://chandra.harvard.edu ************************************************