Juno Spacecraft Discovers Massive Swirling Waves on Jupiter's Magnetosphere
NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered giant swirling waves, known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, at the boundary between the solar wind and Jupiter's magnetosphere. These waves play a crucial role in transferring energy and mass from the solar wind to planetary spaces. The observations provide conclusive evidence of the active role these instabilities play in the interaction between the solar wind and Jupiter. The findings, based on data from Juno's instruments, including its magnetometer and Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment, were published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.