New research indicates that sea turtles seem to navigate across hundreds of miles of open ocean using Earth’s magnetic field.
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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.
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Vast Space, Sparse Data: An AI Answer to Twin Space Weather Challenges
Modern machine learning and AI methods can help heliophysics researchers and space weather forecasters overcome limitations from a dearth of observations and the infrequency of extreme events.
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Mapping the Hidden Electrical Anatomy of a Continent
After nearly two decades, the first continent-wide magnetotelluric survey reveals the high-resolution electrical architecture of the North American continent.
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Undulations in Auroral Arcs at Plasmaspheric Plume Boundary
Undulations in detached auroral arcs unveil intricate interactions between energetic ions and electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves at plasmaspheric plume boundary.
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Where Was Baltica 616 Million Years Ago?
Disentangling magnetic signals in its ancient rocks gives an updated view of the paleocontinent’s position during the Ediacaran period.
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Moon Mission Data Reveal Unexpected Cosmic Ray “Shadow”
A particle detector on the Chang’e-4 lunar lander showed a surprising zone of reduced radiation stretching out from Earth at a strange angle, with potential implications for future astronauts.
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What Makes Mars’s Magnetotail Flap?
Spacecraft reveal a key driver of up-and-down motions of thin, current-carrying plasma sheets on the nightside of Mars.
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Navigating the Past with Ancient Stone Compass Needles
The emerging field of magnetic microscopy allows scientists to reconstruct ancient magnetic fields from individual magnetic particles. A new study evaluates the accuracy of the technique.