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  • Mission to study space weather moves into formulation

    Data visualization showing Earth with two bands of dense plasma near the equator, complex upper atmospheric winds, and Earth's magnetic field like a belt near the middle of the planet.

    By Sarah FrazierNASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA will begin formulation of a new mission to study Earth's dynamic interface to space: the upper atmosphere. This is a region that is constantly changing, influenced by Earth's weather percolating up from below and space weather — in the form of solar energy and space plasma — …