University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers Vikas Sonwalkar and Amani Reddy have discovered a new type…
Browsing: Magnetosphere
The magnetosphere is the region of space surrounding a planet where the magnetic field of the planet dominates the movement of charged particles, primarily from the solar wind—a stream of charged particles emitted by the sun. For Earth, the magnetosphere is a crucial shield that protects the planet from the solar wind’s potentially damaging effects. When charged particles from the sun collide with the Earth’s magnetosphere, they can cause phenomena such as the auroras (the Northern and Southern Lights), which are visible near the magnetic poles. The shape and size of the magnetosphere can vary significantly in response to changes in the solar wind. Understanding the magnetosphere is important not only for learning more about planetary protection from solar radiation but also for ensuring the safety of satellites and other space technologies that operate within this region.
Using NASA’s MMS mission data, SwRI explores unusual substorm events in Earth’s magnetotail to better…
A collaborative study by the University of Oxford and MIT has uncovered a 3.7-billion-year-old magnetic…
What Is Earth’s Magnetosphere? Enveloping our planet and protecting us from the fury of the…
Phenomena called “Steve” and “picket fence” are masquerading as auroras, graduate student argues. The shimmering…
Vlasiator, a supercomputer model for simulating near-Earth space, has revealed that plasma eruptions in near-Earth…
NASA’s HARP project transforms data on plasma waves from Earth’s magnetosphere into audible sounds, enabling…
NASA’s Electrojet Explorer Mission Passes Critical Development Milestone NASA’s EZIE mission has passed a critical…
Models Capture How Solar Wind Charge Exchange Events Are Observed Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University…
Scientists transformed Earth’s magnetic field into sound using data from ESA’s Swarm satellites, now being…
First experimental measurement of pure electron outflows associated with magnetic reconnection driven by electron dynamics…
Scientists discovered a new seven-year magnetic wave in Earth’s outer core using Swarm satellite data,…
The Science New experiments have revealed the source of the aurora borealis. Alfvén waves accelerating…
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have gained…
Experimental platform combines Large Plasma Device with lasers, magnetic dipoles; reveals insights about Earth’s shield…
NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites mission, or TRACERS mission, has passed a…
The NASA’s CREX-2 rocket mission studies dense air in Earth’s polar cusp, using glowing tracers…
Micro-Scale Current Sheets Unleash Macro-Scale Space Weather Scientists discover new physics missing from existing models…