Earth's Magnetic Field
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NASA’s ICON Mission Ends with Several Ionospheric Breakthroughs
5 min read
After contributing to many important findings on the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space — an area where space weather…
Article5 hours ago
NASA’s Geotail Mission Operations Come to an End After 30 Years
3 min read
After 30 years in orbit, mission operations for the joint NASA-JAXA Geotail spacecraft have ended, after the failure of the…
Article2 years ago
Finding Magnetic Eruptions in Space, With an AI Assistant
7 min read
An alert pops up in your email: The latest spacecraft observations are ready. You now have 24 hours to scour…
Article4 years ago
NASA Researchers Track Slowly Splitting ‘Dent’ in Earth’s Magnetic Field
9 min read
A small but evolving dent in Earth’s magnetic field can cause big headaches for satellites. Earth’s magnetic field acts like…
Article4 years ago
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission Locates Elusive Electron Act
3 min read
The space high above Earth may seem empty, but it’s a carnival packed with magnetic field lines and high-energy particles.…
Article7 years ago
NASA Observations Reshape Basic Plasma Wave Physics
5 min read
When NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale — or MMS — mission was launched, the scientists knew it would answer questions fundamental to…
Article7 years ago
