Turbulence in Space

Turbulence in space has been directly measured by a suite of 4 satellite detectors, called Cluster, which are positioned just outside the bow shock ahead of Earth’s magnetosphere. Cluster measures rapid variations in the magnetic field as solar wind particles arrive in Earth’s vicinity..

Reported by: Narita et al., Physical Review Letters, 10 November 2006

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