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Spacecraft Teamwork Ferrets Out Jupiter's Secrets

Posted by timothy on from the working-out-of-the-office dept.

Judebert writes "Working together, Galileo and Cassini found how the solar wind affects Jupiter, shaping its magnetosphere (the biggest object in the solar system with distinct boundaries) and triggering auroras. They also detected the magnetic footprints of Jupiter's moons in the auroras. The Hubble and Chandra also had a role in this display of inter-planetary teamwork. Of course, the big benefit you receive from your tax dollars is all the pretty pictures! New desktop images for me!"

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  1. Re:Solar Max by CheshireCatCO · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oh, the solar wind isn't (much of?) an issue. Probes have survived solar maximum near Earth (SOHO, for instance), and the wind becomes less intense like 1/r2 as you move away from the Sun.