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Jupiter as seen by the Juno spacecraft on 17 February 2020

A Juno Era Model of the Jovian Magnetosphere

by Morgan Rehnberg 9 November 202020 July 2022

Updating a model developed during the Voyager flybys will enable better mission planning and a deeper understanding of Juno data.

Radio towers at the VLF Transmitter Cutler in Maine

Research 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.

A 2D drawing of Jupiter’s magnetosphere in the noon-midnight meridional plane

Editors' Highlights

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.

Selfie taken by the Curiosity rover at the top of Vera Rubin ridge

Editors' Vox

Curiosity Solves the Mystery of Gale Crater’s Hematite Ridge

by A. Deanne Rogers, Mariek E. Schmidt and A. Fraeman 31 July 202024 April 2024

A new special issue of JGR: Planets details the water-rich history of a distinctive geomorphic feature on Mars dubbed Vera Rubin ridge, as investigated by the Curiosity rover.

Schematic of the mechanical design of the Heatflow and Physical Properties Package radiometer

Editors' Highlights

Insights from Calibration of the HP^³ Radiometer on InSight

by Kristy Tiampo 27 July 202022 June 2022

A detailed analysis of Heatflow and Physical Properties Package Radiometer on the Mars InSight lander, including changing instrument sensitivity and calibration coefficients.

Orbital view of Mars’s atmosphere and horizon

News

A Month of Milestones for Mars Missions

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 14 July 20205 January 2023

Mars launch season has arrived, and it brings the first space exploration mission from the Arab world, China’s first Mars landing, and the first powered flight on another planet.

Schematic of how oscillations inside Saturn generate spiral density waves in the rings

Editors' Highlights

Using Saturn’s Rings as a Seismometer

by F. Nimmo 12 May 202024 May 2023

The Cassini spacecraft observed spiral density waves in the rings of Saturn which can be used to probe its interior structure and rotation.

Illustration of how “electron wings” form around a spacecraft traveling through a plasma

Research Spotlights

“Electron Wings” Can Interfere with Spacecraft Measurements

by Mark Zastrow 26 February 202030 September 2021

Spacecraft sometimes produce a form of electrical self-interference as they zip through plasmas in space—a previously unreported effect that may be lurking in old data sets.