2026-04-22 17:32:46
Magnetic Reconnection as a Potential Trigger for #Magnetotail Flapping at #Mars - Insights From #MAVEN and Tianwen-1 Observations: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2026AV002343 -> What Makes Mars’s Magnetotail Flap?
Spacecraft reveal a key driver of up-and-down motions of thin, current-carrying plasma sheets on the nightside of Mars: https://eos.org/research-spotlights/what-makes-marss-magnetotail-flap