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Feedback between Jupiter’s atmosphere and magnetic environment

Two independent Nature Astronomy papers reveal new details of how the atmosphere and magnetic environment of gas giants are coupled.

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Ray, L. Feedback between Jupiter’s atmosphere and magnetic environment. Nat Rev Phys 1, 423–424 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-019-0076-9

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