If you could drink electron rain, would you?
, but could also put satellites, spacecraft, and even astronauts in danger.
The researchers used advanced computer modeling, combining their data with information from a previous NASA observation, to determine that the electron rain was caused by whistler waves, a type of electromagnetic wave that moves through plasma. They laid out their findings in a paper published, which also outlined the fact that they found more electron rain than leading theories predicted.
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