Researchers dig into storm processes linked to dramatic electron loss from the outer Van Allen belt.
Sarah Stanley
Sarah Stanley, a freelance writer for Eos, has a background in environmental microbiology but covers a wide range of science stories for a variety of audiences. She has also written for PLOS, the University of Washington, Kaiser Permanente, Stanford Medicine, Gladstone Institutes, and Cancer Commons, a nonprofit that works with cancer patients.
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A High-Resolution Look at Singapore’s Water Budget
Simulations that account for nuanced interplay between hydrological and plant processes could help guide urban water management.
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Did Ocean Motion Carve Enceladus’s Tiger Stripes?
Wobbles of the moon’s icy shell may set off waves in the subsurface ocean that sculpt water-spewing fissures from beneath.
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Getting to Know Uranus’s “Breathing” Bow Shock
The ice giant’s rotation causes daily expansion and contraction of the boundary where its magnetic field slows the solar wind.
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Io’s Hidden Heat Revealed for the First Time
Data from the Juno spacecraft also suggest that Jupiter’s moon has a relatively smooth, low-density surface.
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Solar Storms Can Affect Earth’s Weather. A New Study Examines How.
New findings could help narrow down the mechanisms by which solar activity influences our weather.
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The Speedy Particles That Could Help Us Learn More About Uranus
New simulations suggest that a spacecraft-mounted detector of energetic neutral atoms could improve our understanding of the ice giant’s environment, as well as the relationship between the planet, its magnetosphere, and the heliosphere.