However, there’s a catch. Before electrons can be accelerated by these shock waves, they need to contain a certain amount of energy to begin with. Nobody knows how electrons gain this initial energy.

The research, published today in Nature Communications, combines satellite observations from NASA's MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale) and THEMIS/ARTEMIS missions with recent theoretical advancements ...

The research, published in Nature Communications, combines satellite observations from NASA's MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale) and THEMIS/ARTEMIS missions with recent theoretical advancements ...

This new study by Dr Savvas Raptis from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, in collaboration with Dr Martin Lindberg from the Queen Mary University of London, uses data from ...