News tagged with space plasmas
Scientists Use Atomic Physics Codes to Study Coronal Mass Ejections
(PhysOrg.com) -- Giant eruptions of ionized gas, or plasma, from the Sun called coronal mass ejections [CMEs] produce solar energetic particles that cause spacecraft anomalies and communication interruptions, ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Scientists explain mystery of observed turbulent density fluctuations in interplanetary space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville have developed a three-dimensional simulation model to understand behavior of interplanetary charged particles in space.
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Plasma Rocket Could Travel to Mars in 39 Days
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last Wednesday, the Ad Astra Rocket Company tested what is currently the most powerful plasma rocket in the world. As the Webster, Texas, company announced, the VASIMR VX-200 engine ran at ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2009 |
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NASA Mission Gets Closer to Solving Magnetic Reconnection Mystery (w/ Videos)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is designing a mission to investigate one of the most fundamental and explosive physical processes in the universe - magnetic reconnection. Known as the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2009 |
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New research contributes to defense of Earth's technologies
University of Leicester researchers have taken a step forward in helping to create a defence for earth's technologies -from the constant threat of space weather.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 03, 2009 |
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How space eruptions happen
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mathematicians at the University of St Andrews have made a discovery which could lead to a better understanding of why huge eruptions occur in space.
Apr 07, 2009 |
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New rocket aims for cheaper nudges in space: Plasma thruster is small, runs on inexpensive gases (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the correct path. MIT scientists are developing a new rocket that could make this and other spacecraft maneuvers much less ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 23, 2009 |
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