• TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 hours ago

    That’s looks like a picture of Jupiter, or an artists impression of it, and there’s a star needed for an aurora to happen.

    Any scientific sources to back this story up?

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      14 hours ago

      No it is indeed an artists impression of the planet - it’s on the wiki page.

      I’m assuming that aurora only needs solar wind to happen on earth - or that solar wind outside the heliosphere is strong enough you don’t need a star for it to happen.

      In 2018 astronomers said "Detecting SIMP J01365663+0933473 with the VLA through its auroral radio emission, also means that we may have a new way of detecting exoplanets, including the elusive rogue ones not orbiting a parent star …