One Universe: At Home in the Cosmos








Jupiter's magnetosphere is the grandest one in the solar system, about 10 million miles wide and 500 million miles long. If we could see it glow in the night sky, as in this artist's rendition, it would appear several times larger than the full Moon.

Jupiter's magnetosphere is the grandest one in the solar system, about 10 million miles wide and 500 million miles long. If we could see it glow in the night sky, as in this artist's rendition, it would appear several times larger than the full Moon.