The aurora crowning Jupiter's poles—the most powerful in the solar system—flares up when plasma is injected into its magnetic field.
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The Curious Case of the Halloween Ghost Electrons
When solar storms pounded Earth during Halloween in 2003, scientists were eager to measure their effects. But new research shows one satellite was seeing "ghost" particles that probably weren't real.
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Physics Nobel Winners Also Solved Solar Mystery
Although they won the prize for showing neutrinos have mass, the two Nobel-winning physicists also solved a long-standing mystery of solar neutrinos.
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Gleason Receives 2014 Mineral and Rock Physics Early Career Award
Arianna Gleason received the 2014 Mineral and Rock Physics Early Career Award at the 2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, held 15–19 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award is for promising young scientists (current Ph.D. students and individuals who have completed the degree requirements for a Ph.D. or highest equivalent terminal degree up to 12 months prior to the nomination deadline) in recognition of outstanding contributions achieved during their Ph.D. research.
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Hiroo Kanamori Receives 2014 William Bowie Medal
Hiroo Kanamori was awarded the 2014 William Bowie Medal, AGU’s highest honor.
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A Deep Cabled Observatory: Biology and Physics in the Abyss
The ALOHA Cabled Observatory, located 100 kilometers north of Oahu, is enabling a variety of studies of the biology and physics of the deep ocean.
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What Happens to Minerals as They Get Squeezed in the Mantle?
Researchers test how different minerals found in the Earth’s mantle respond to high temperatures and pressures.
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Proposed Satellite Would Improve Study of Cloud Physics
Researchers propose a new satellite that would help scientists study how cloud physics is affected by aerosols.
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Strengthening Research on Climate and Environmental Change
First Workshop of the Commission on Climatic and Environmental Change of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics;
Beijing, China, 11–12 April 2014