Simulations test particle detectors for Uranus magnetosphere (opens in new tab)

Simulations indicate that a spacecraft-mounted energetic neutral atom detector could help scientists study Uranus’s magnetic environment, Eos reported in a Research Spotlight based on work in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. Phys.org said the proposed instrument could map Uranus’s unusual magnetic environment on a future mission to the underexplored ice giant. The detector would target high-energy neutral particles produced near Uranus. Eos said those measurements could hel...