Why does Jupiter have auroras?

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The answer is the same as why we have them on earth. I suggest you do search at how stuff works to see how the aurora borealis works. The magnetosphere plays an important role in generating aurora. Jupiter has quite a strong magnetosphere.
 
Oh really? I thought it would be different from earth. thanks.
 

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