NASA’s ICON Ready To Explore The Ionosphere
Early in the morning of November 7, 2018, NASA launches the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, a spacecraft that will explore the dynamic region where…
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Two New NASA Missions Team Up To Explore Earth’s Ionosphere
Like Earth, space has weather. Except instead of swirling winds and downpours of precipitation, space weather is defined by shifting electric and magnetic fields and…
New Research Improves Our Understanding of How Solar Storms Affect Earth
A new study improves our understanding of how solar storms affect Earth and could possibly lead to improved radio communication and navigation systems for the…
Plasma Irregularities in the Polar Ionosphere Can Distort GPS Signals
New research from scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and at the University of New Brunswick looks at irregularities in the ionosphere, comparing turbulence in…
Scientists View Changes in Venus’s Ionosphere
Scientists were able to study the deformation of the sheath of electrons and ions enveloping Venus for the first time. In rare events, the sheath…
Satellites Could Be Used to Detect Nuclear Tests
Underground nuclear tests can be detected in the skies and as a result, global satellite networks could become a powerful tool in order to detect…
NASA Launched Rocket into Aurora Borealis
Astronomers launched a NASA-funded rocket into the aurora borealis, which are colloquially known as the northern lights. The 46-foot rocket, the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Alfvén…