Four CubeSats—CubIXSS, SunCET, DYNAGLO, and WindCube—have been selected by NASA's Heliophysics Flight Opportunities in Research and Technology program in cooperation with NASA's Space Weather Science Application. Together, ...
Astronomy
Dec 14, 2021
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Open the weather app on your phone or glance at the news and you can quickly find a detailed forecast for the weather in your location. The report is likely to affect your behavior for the day: if you put on sandals or snow ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 13, 2021
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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know space is weird. But just how weird might surprise you. Space is dominated by invisible electromagnetic forces that we typically don't feel. It's also full of bizarre types of matter ...
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2021
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New research into the powerful magnetic fields which form inside the sun and cause violent eruptions could help predict solar flares.
Astronomy
Nov 16, 2021
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A team of researchers used 3D particle simulations to model the acceleration of ions and electrons in a physical process called magnetic reconnection. The results could contribute to the understanding and forecasting of energetic ...
General Physics
Nov 2, 2021
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NASA has selected the CubeSat Imaging X-Ray Solar Spectrometer (CubIXSS), led by Southwest Research Institute, to measure the elemental composition of hot, multimillion-degree plasmas in the Sun's corona—its outermost atmosphere. ...
Astronomy
Nov 1, 2021
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A fireworks show that has nothing to do with the Fourth of July and everything to do with the cosmos is poised to be visible across the northern United States and Europe just in time for Halloween.
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2021
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The Sun emitted a significant solar flare peaking at 11:35 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28, 2021. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 28, 2021
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In December last year, the media reported an intriguing signal we at the Breakthrough Listen project found in our radio telescope data. Dubbed BLC1, the signal didn't appear to be the result of any recognizable astrophysical ...
Astronomy
Oct 26, 2021
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A research team led by Prof. Yang Jianfeng from the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently proposed high-accuracy twist measurement based on the spherical ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 19, 2021
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