News tagged with magnetic substorms
New revelations about Mercury's volcanism, magnetic substorms, exosphere from MESSENGER (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Analysis of data from MESSENGER's third and final flyby of Mercury in September 2009 has revealed evidence of younger volcanism on the innermost planet than previously recognized, new information ...
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Jul 15, 2010 |
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IBEX and TWINS join forces to observe a solar storm
(Phys.org) -- On April 5, 2010, the sun spewed a two million-mile-per-hour stream of charged particles toward the invisible magnetic fields surrounding Earth, known as the magnetosphere. As the particles interacted ...
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Apr 12, 2012 |
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Watching space weather through the MAGIC of CubeSat CINEMA
(PhysOrg.com) -- A trio of CubeSats that will study the effects of space weather on the Earth’s radiation belts and magnetic field are being prepared for launch. TRIO-CINEMA is a collaboration between ...
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Mar 27, 2012 |
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THEMIS celebrates 5 years of watching aurora and space weather
People still talk about the launch. It was the first – and so far, only – time NASA has launched five satellites at one time. Carefully balanced inside a Delta II rocket, the five THEMIS (short for ...
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Feb 17, 2012 |
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THEMIS satellite sees a great electron escape
(PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists discovered two great swaths of radiation encircling Earth in the 1950s, it spawned over-the-top fears about "killer electrons" and space radiation effects on Earthlings. The ...
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Jan 31, 2012 |
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Astronomers solve mystery of vanishing energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt
UCLA researchers have explained the puzzling disappearing act of energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt, using data collected from a fleet of orbiting spacecraft.
Jan 29, 2012 |
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Ultrafast substorm auroras explained (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- From time to time, sudden releases of energy in Earth's magnetosphere lead to major disturbances that result in bright auroral displays over the planet's polar regions. These auroras are caused by a phenomenon ...
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Two NASA probes tackle new mission: Studying the moon
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two small NASA probes that had been used to study space weather now are orbiting the moon to study its interior and surface composition.
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Jul 20, 2011 |
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Twin ARTEMIS probes to study moon in 3-D
(PhysOrg.com) -- On Sunday, July 17, the moon will acquire its second new companion in less than a month. That's when the second of two probes built by the University of California, Berkeley, and part of NASA's ...
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Jul 13, 2011 |
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ARTEMIS spacecraft prepare for lunar orbit
(PhysOrg.com) -- They've almost arrived. It took one and a half years, over 90 orbit maneuvers, and – wonderfully – many gravitational boosts and only the barest bit of fuel to move two spacecraft ...
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Jun 24, 2011 |
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Tracking the origins of speedy space particles (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interaction during Substorms (THEMIS) spacecraft combined with computer models have helped track the origin of the energetic particles in Earth's ...
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Jan 31, 2011 |
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