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Jupiter bow shock reveals electrons accelerating to relativistic speeds

  • June 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Jupiter bow shock reveals electrons accelerating to relativistic speeds
Electrons around Jupiter have been caught in the process of being accelerated, revealing a potentially unified mechanism for particle acceleration. The findings, published in Nature, may help constrain how energetic particles are produced throughout the universe.

Originally published at Phys.org

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