Jupiter's Magnetic Dance: How Plasma Pressure Shakes Up the Magnetodisk
Jupiter's magnetic bubble, or magnetosphere, is a whirlwind of activity. Unlike Earth's, it's not just pushed around by the solar wind. Instead, it has a vast magnetodisk spinning around the planet. This disk has been studied for decades, but how it stays stable is still a puzzle. Recent findings from the Juno mission shed light on this mystery. They show that plasm...