New research has revealed that Ganymede has the capability to create powerful magnetic waves that rocket particles to enormous energies.

Scientists were studying old data from NASA spacecraft Galileo when they made the discovery.

The magnetic levels found near Ganymede were akin to a tsunami as opposed to regular ocean waves.



Jupiter has 79 moons, 12 of which were only discovered earlier this year.

While 53 are named and confirmed, that still leaves another mysterious 26 moons remaining. From what we know, some of them are truly fascinating.

Io, for example, has hundreds of volcanoes on its surface, with several of them erupting lava several kilometres into the sky.

One of the other moons, Ganymede , is of particular interest, as new research has revealed that it also has the capability to create powerful magnetic waves that rocket particles to enormous energies.

Scientists were studying old data from NASA spacecraft Galileo (which orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003) when they made the discovery, Gizmodo reported. Jupiter is commonly known as the largest planet in our solar system, but a little known fact is that it is also 20,000 times more magnetic than Earth.

It's magnetic "powers" may have also extended to Ganymede because, when scientists analysed Galileo's recordings of the strength of electromagnetic waves observed in the area around Jupiter, the height of the wave spiked a million times higher than normal.

Usually, these waves around Jupiter have an amplitude a little higher than that of the magnetic field produced by the human brain, but the levels found near Ganymede were akin to a tsunami as opposed to regular ocean waves.