Earth's Magnetic Field

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ICON, shown in this artist’s concept, studied the frontiers of space, the dynamic zone high in our atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather above.

NASA’s ICON Mission Ends with Several Ionospheric Breakthroughs

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After contributing to many important findings on the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space — an area where space weather…

Article5 months ago

NASA’s Geotail Mission Operations Come to an End After 30 Years

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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

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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

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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

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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

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When NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale — or MMS — mission was launched, the scientists knew it would answer questions fundamental to…

Article8 years ago