Sentences with phrase «of planetary magnetospheres»

From the University of California — Los Angeles New research published in the journal Nature resolves decades of scientific controversy over the origin of the extremely energetic particles known as ultra-relativistic electrons in the Earth's near - space environment and is likely to influence our understanding of planetary magnetospheres throughout the universe.

New research using data from NASA's Van Allen Probes mission helps resolve decades of scientific uncertainty over the origin of ultra-relativistic electrons in Earth's near space environment, and is likely to influence our understanding of planetary magnetospheres throughout the universe.

Since the Hermean magnetosphere occupies a unique position in the space plasma physics scenarios, the study of Mercury's magnetospheric processes will not only provide a clear picture of the planetary magnetosphere itself but it will also broaden our field of view of space plasma physics, in general.

Not exact matches

Plasmas are found throughout the solar system in places such as planetary magnetosphere, solar wind and in the tails of comets.

He thinks the new results from the detailed analysis at Earth will influence future modeling of other planetary magnetospheres.

Auroral emissions, occurring when charged particles in a planetary object's magnetosphere collide with atoms in its upper atmosphere, causing them to glow, are an important demonstration of planetary space weather.

to determine the role of solar wind in configuring the planetary magnetospheres, especially at large distances from the Sun and to understand the atmospheric energy balance and magnetosphere coupling at the giant planets;

Alternatively to solar wind driven reconnection, the viscous interaction of the solar wind with the planetary magnetosphere, which involves magnetic reconnection on a small scale (Delamere & Bagenal 2013), influences Saturn's magnetopause dynamics.

Fig. 9 summarizes a chain of mechanisms that, according to the finding of this paper, reasonably links the planetary motion to climate change through solar and heliosphere modulation of the magnetosphere and ionosphere that regulate the cloud cover percentage.

This is not the thrust of Dr. Scafetta's paper which points out a possible planetary effect directly on our magnetosphere.