NASA'S SPACECRAFT HELP SOLVE SATURN'S MYSTERIOUS AURORAS (STScI-PR05-06)

FOR RELEASE: 2:00 pm (EST) February 16, 2005

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PRESS RELEASE NO.: STScI-PR05-06

NASA'S SPACECRAFT HELP SOLVE SATURN'S MYSTERIOUS AURORAS

The dancing light of Saturn's auroras behaves in ways different from how
scientists thought possible. New research by a team of astronomers led
by John Clarke of Boston University has overturned theories, accepted
for the past 25 years, about how Saturn's magnetic field behaves and how
auroras are generated. The study results appear in tomorrow's edition of
the journal Nature.

For electronic images, video and additional information about the study
on the Internet, visit:

http://hubblesite.org/news/2005/06
http://www.bu.edu/news
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
http://www.spacetelescope.org
http://www.nasa.gov

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