Supercomputing “Northern Lights” on Other Planets

Researchers are using Argonne supercomputers to better understand how charged particles emanating from Jupiter's magnetosphere power a celestial version of the Aurora Borealis on northern and southern lights on Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. "This work confirms and furthers our understanding of electron physics in magnetospheric dynamics. It sheds light on how the Earth's magnetic field prevents the solar wind from burning the Earth's atmosphere to a crisp and the future of predictive technologies for space weather."

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