Jupiter may host atmospheric ‘sprites’ or ‘elves’ never seen beyond Earth
In a first, the Juno spacecraft may have spied the bright, superfast flashes on another world
![flashes of light known as 'elves' or 'sprites'](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/103020_mt_sprite_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
The Juno spacecraft has seen the first hints of bright flashes of light, called “elves” or “sprites” (illustrated), distinguishable in part on their size, high in Jupiter’s atmosphere.
JPL-Caltech/NASA, SwRI