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.
During this event, electrons in Earth's foreshock region -- an area where the solar wind is predisturbed by its interaction with the bow shock -- reached unprecedented energy levels, surpassing ...
China’s Tiangong space station and ambitious lunar and Mars exploration programs signal its intent to dominate beyond Earth’s ...
It also sent a supersonic shockwave around the planet, known as a bow shock. New research ... For example, in 2022, Space X lost 40 low Earth orbiting satellites a day after launch due to enhanced ...