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  29 June 2023 | Open Access

  Magnetotail plasma eruptions driven by magnetic reconnection and kinetic instabilities

  Both magnetic reconnection and kinetic instabilities are required to produce magnetotail plasma eruptions, according to high-resolution global simulations of Earth’s magnetosphere.

  • Minna Palmroth
  • , Tuija I. Pulkkinen
  •  & Rumi Nakamura

• Article | 01 February 2021

  Implantation of Martian atmospheric ions within the regolith of Phobos

  Martian atmospheric atoms are implanted in and alter regolith grains on the nearside surface of Phobos, according to an analysis of observations of ion escape from Mars’s atmosphere.

  • Q. Nénon
  • , A. R. Poppe
  •  & J. P. McFadden

• Article | 24 February 2020

  Crustal and time-varying magnetic fields at the InSight landing site on Mars

  The magnetic field measured by the InSight lander on Mars varies daily and is ten times stronger than expected. The field is inferred to originate from components of basement rocks magnetized by an ancient dynamo of Earth-like strength.

  • Catherine L. Johnson
  • , Anna Mittelholz
  •  & William B. Banerdt

• News & Views | 23 May 2016

  Atmosphere's solar shock

  Frequent storms on the young Sun would have ejected energetic particles and compressed Earth's magnetosphere. Simulations suggest that the particles penetrated the atmosphere and initiated reactions that warmed the planet and fertilized life.

  • Ramses Ramirez

• Letter | 23 May 2016

  Prebiotic chemistry and atmospheric warming of early Earth by an active young Sun

  An energetic process is needed to convert N₂ into compounds essential for life. Simulations show that interactions between powerful solar flares and Earth’s magnetic field could have facilitated nitrogen fixation in the early atmosphere.

  • V. S. Airapetian
  • , A. Glocer
  •  & W. Danchi