A pioneering space plasma physicist who led the way in understanding how complex wave-particle interactions control Earth’s radiation belts and low-level auroral light emissions.Read More »
Electrons energized and trapped at Mars were thought to lose energy inside the planet’s magnetosheath, but new research suggests a different explanation of spacecraft data.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
The first in situ measurement of the pressure at the edge of the solar system reveals that there’s still a lot we don’t know about what sets the size of the heliosphere.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Studying shock precursors in a laboratory setting enables researchers to take a different look at the precursors’ properties and the physics behind them.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Very Low Frequency transmitters used for communications with submarines modify the dynamics of energetic electrons in the inner radiation belt and the slot region.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
This AGU section formed a task force to make visible underrepresented scientists deserving of recognition for their work.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
The first simultaneous observations of multiple electromagnetic wave types in Earth’s magnetosphere may inaugurate a new field of inquiry into cross-frequency wave interactions.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Force imbalance between Jupiter’s ionosphere and magnetosphere leads to wave generation to release this stress, but the waves also accelerate particles, causing aurora and heating.Read More »
