Since entering Jupiter’s orbit in 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been hard at work unveiling the many mysteries of our solar system’s largest planet. And its latest discovery may be one of the most intriguing yet: an entirely new type of plasma wave near Jupiter’s poles. In a paper published Wednesday in Physical Review Letters, astronomers describe an unusual pattern …
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A giant plasma plume dubbed “The Beast” was recently spotted dancing above the sun as it showered our home star with blobs of impossibly fast fire. The shapeshifting projection, which stretched more than 13 times wider than Earth, was the first of several sizable solar structures to emerge in recent days. The animalistic mass appeared Saturday (July 12) over the …
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft has unveiled an exciting breakthrough: the discovery of an entirely new type of plasma wave near Jupiter. These waves, unlike any previously observed in space, provide fresh insights into the mysterious behavior of the gas giant’s auroral plasmas. Scientists believe these waves play a critical role in the unique auroras visible at Jupiter’s poles, expanding our understanding …
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A radar station on Hainan Island in China has recently made an extraordinary discovery—plasma bubbles in Earth’s ionosphere, located over the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. This remarkable event marks a breakthrough in global space weather monitoring and reveals the increasing potential for long-range ionospheric tracking. In an age where satellite communications and navigation systems are vital to everyday life, such …
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