Voyager 1 and 2 detect new kind of solar electron burst

Washington DC (UPI) Dec 03, 2020

Data collected by the Voyager spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, has revealed a new type of solar electron burst - the satellites' instruments detected speeding cosmic ray electrons accelerated by shock waves produced by solar eruptions. The phenomenon was described Thursday in the Astrophysical Journal by a team of physicists led by the University of Iowa. The Voyager spacecraft were