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Human Radio Transmissions Create Barrier to "Killer Electrons"

by JoAnna Wendel 16 December 20151 March 2023

An interaction between radio waves and the Van Allen radiation belts creates a bubble around the Earth that high-energy electrons can't penetrate.

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What Makes Jupiter's Aurora Pulse?

by Mark Zastrow 13 November 20154 May 2022

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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New Clues to Mysterious Hiss in Earth's Plasmasphere

by Mark Zastrow 26 October 201527 September 2022

An analysis of the electromagnetic "hiss" that surrounds Earth reveals it's not just static; there's a signal hidden within, which may help scientists uncover its source.

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Magnetized Collisionless Shock Waves Measured in the Lab

by C. Minnehan 6 October 201512 October 2022

Scientists create collisionless shock waves to better understand the phenomenon in nature.

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Spacecraft Records Rising-Tone Magnetosonic Waves

by C. Minnehan 11 September 201520 July 2022

A rising tone in wave frequencies suggests a complicated, nonlinear series of interactions between electromagnetic sound waves and protons near the magnetic equator.

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Predicting Space Weather on a Satellite Superhighway

by E. Betz 9 September 201521 February 2023

Scientists combined 82 satellite years of data to create a more comprehensive model of how plasma behaves in a region of Earth's magnetosphere with heavy spacecraft traffic.

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Satellite Data Yield Detailed Picture of the Lunar Wake

by J. Rosen 9 March 20154 May 2022

Researchers use satellite data to characterize the physical properties of the lunar wake and the processes that govern it.

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What Causes Broadband Electrostatic Noise in Space?

by J. Orwig 25 February 201519 January 2023

Factors that generate electrostatic noise involve how electric fields compress magnetized plasmas.

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Trapping Waves in Earth's Plasmasphere

by E. Betz 9 December 201421 February 2023

Satellite observations explain why magnetosonic waves can be found in regions far from where they originate.

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Measuring Solar Wind Interactions in Mars’s Exosphere

by C. Schultz 18 November 201410 March 2022

An updated analytical technique gave researchers a new look at ion cyclotron waves in Mars’s extended hydrogen exosphere.

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