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Researchers from MIT report that they have used a massive computer simulation to explain a mysterious phenomenon detected by space probes.
Jan Egedal, an associate professor of physics at MIT, and colleagues explained the source of aurora-causing high-speed electrons in space in their study published in the February 26 edition of the journal Nature Physics.
The finding could lead to a better ability to predict high-energy electron streams in space that could damage satellites.
The researchers’ simulation shows that an active region of Earth’s magnetotail is about 1,000 times larger than previously believed.
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