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Artist’s conception of the motion of charged particles in Earth’s magnetosphere
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Approach to Characterizing Space Plasmas

by Morgan Rehnberg 16 December 202013 October 2022

When plasma particle velocity distributions have multiple, distinct parts, treating each as a separate beam may yield more intuitive results.

Illustration showing the dayside magnetosphere and its surroundings
Posted inEditors' Vox

New Results Concerning Solar Wind Entry into the Magnetosphere

by D. G. Sibeck, Q. Zong, P. Escoubet, G. Le and H. Zhang 28 October 202010 March 2022

A new book describes recent results defining the many pathways and foreshock, bow shock, magnetosheath, and magnetopause phenomena connecting the solar wind to the dayside magnetosphere.

Radio towers at the VLF Transmitter Cutler in Maine
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Terrestrial Radio Signals May Suppress High-Energy Electrons

by Morgan Rehnberg 12 October 202018 January 2023

Naval radio signals may cause the formation of a barrier observed during geomagnetic storms that is seemingly impenetrable by relativistic electrons.

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Liu Receives 2019 Fred L. Scarf Award

by AGU 16 September 20209 September 2022

Terry Zixu Liu received the 2019 Fred L. Scarf Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019, held 9–13 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award is given annually to “one honoree in recognition of an outstanding dissertation that contributes directly to solar–planetary science.”

A 2D drawing of Jupiter’s magnetosphere in the noon-midnight meridional plane
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A Whistle Here, There, and Everywhere on the Giant Planet

by A. Yau 27 August 202010 March 2022

NASA’s Juno spacecraft is “hearing whistles” all over the place on Jupiter, a type of natural plasma waves called whistlers that are sometimes associated with atmospheric lightning.

Plots recording observations of electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves at four different locations
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All Hands on Deck to Catch Ion Cyclotron Waves

by A. Yau 7 August 202011 August 2022

An international armada of orbiting satellites and ground VLF network join forces to form a “magnetosphere-ionosphere observatory” to size up electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves in the magnetosphere.

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft orbits Mars and samples electrons behind the Martian bow shock in this artist’s rendition.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Explaining the Missing Energy in Mars’s Electrons

by Mark Zastrow 11 November 201910 March 2022

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.

Plots of average wave electric field power spectral densities on the nightside
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Human-made Emissions Modify Electron Space Environment

by Viviane Pierrard 2 August 20198 August 2022

Very Low Frequency transmitters used for communications with submarines modify the dynamics of energetic electrons in the inner radiation belt and the slot region.

Measurements of electron density from the COSMIC satellite
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Holistic Views of the Nighttime Ionosphere

by M. Liemohn 22 July 201922 March 2023

The nightside ionosphere, at latitudes away from the auroral zone, should have very little charged particle density, but it doesn’t. A new comprehensive study of satellite data explains why.

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Red and Green Aurora Stop and Go for Different Reasons

by Viviane Pierrard 5 July 201911 August 2022

Green-line arc is found to be embedded within large-scale upward field aligned currents while red-line-only arc is found to be associated with low-energy precipitation bursts.

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