Image: Shimmering skies signal space weather
The Aurora, seen here dancing above Svalbard in Norway, is the most beautiful result of space weather on Earth.
Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2019
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Streaks in aurora found to map features in earth's radiation environment
A special kind of streaked aurora has been found to track disturbances in near-Earth space from the ground. Known as structured diffuse aurora, it was recently discovered, with the help of NASA spacecraft and instruments, ...
Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2019
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Centuries-old drawings lead to better understanding of fan-shaped auroras
Physics researchers and literature researchers have joined together to better understand the rare natural phenomenon of white and red auroras fanning across the night sky in Japan. Armed with drawings and descriptions dating ...
Space Exploration
May 28, 2019
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The northern lights, aka 'aurora borealis,' could be coming to a sky near you this week
Thanks to a geomagnetic storm from the sun, skywatchers across the far northern U.S. and most of Canada later this week could see the aurora borealis, aka the northern lights.
Space Exploration
May 15, 2019
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ESA gives go-ahead for SMILE mission with China
The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, SMILE, has been given the green light for implementation by ESA's Science Programme Committee. The announcement clears the way for full development of this new mission ...
Space Exploration
Mar 5, 2019
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Image: Antennas and auroras
This photograph, taken a short hike from the Geographic South Pole in Antarctica, shows some of the antennas comprising the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) array. They are visible here as the chain of antennas ...
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2019
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Did you know that the Earth loses several hundred tons of atmosphere to space every day?
Scientists have known for some time that Earth's atmosphere loses several hundred tons of oxygen each day. They understand how this oxygen loss happens on Earth's night side, but they're not sure how it happens on the day ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2018
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Image: Polar lights on Uranus
On the first day of the 15th annual European Space Weather Week, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope fittingly shows a striking occurrence of celestial weather in the outer reaches of the Solar System: an ...
Space Exploration
Nov 5, 2018
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Project to elucidate the structure of atomic nuclei at the femtoscale
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility, has selected 10 data science and machine learning projects for its Aurora Early Science Program (ESP). Set ...
General Physics
Jul 9, 2018
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Pulsating aurora mysteries uncovered with help from NASA's THEMIS mission
Sometimes on a dark night near the poles, the sky pulses a diffuse glow of green, purple and red. Unlike the long, shimmering veils of typical auroral displays, these pulsating auroras are much dimmer and less common. While ...
Astronomy
Feb 20, 2018
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