04 April 2018
A storm hunter and space junk collector on its way to the ISS
... from cloud tops. ELVES on the other hand are concentric rings of emissions caused by an electromagnetic pulse in the ionosphere. These bursts of high-energy radiation are examples of a little-understood part of our atmosphere and their existence...
11 February 2019
Earth's magnetic north pole is on the move and its going fast
... the magnetic signals that stem from Earth’s core, mantle, crust and oceans, as well as from the ionosphere and magnetosphere. Although it is not necessarily a sign that Earth’s magnetic poles are going to flip – a phenomenon that...
13 February 2019
Magnetopause makes Earth one enormous drum
... ultra-low frequency waves, which affect things like radiation belts, the aurora, and even the ionosphere, said Archer. Though it goes without saying that we have a lot on this planet that the magnetopause protects...
02 December 2019
Chang'e 4 relay satellite now a radio telescope
...,000 kilometers away from Earth on the lunar farside and as this location is far above the Earth's ionosphere, the telescope is better positioned than a ground-based facility to search for low-frequency radio emissions from...
22 July 2020
China's first Mars rover set to launch tomorrow
... surface soil characteristics and water-ice distribution and analysing the surface material composition. Mars’ climate, ionosphere and electromagnetic and gravitational fields that could aid in investigating the internal structure of the planet will...
20 November 2020
The iconic Arecibo Observatory to be demolished due to safety concerns
... remain operational, say NSF. "Over its lifetime, Arecibo Observatory has helped transform our understanding of the ionosphere, showing us how density, composition and other factors interact to shape this critical region where Earth’s atmosphere...
