Jupiter Accelerates Electrons to Near-Light Speed, Offering Clues to Cosmic Ray Origins
The giant planet’s bow shock isn’t just deflecting the solar wind, it’s acting as a powerful particle accelerator, firing electrons to relativistic energies of at least 1 MeV, according to a new analysis of data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
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