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Solved: The Mystery of Earth’s Theta Aurora
The mystery of the northern lights – aurora - spans time beyond history and to cultures of both the southern…
NASA’s Van Allen Probes Spot Impenetrable Radiation Barrier in Space
It's a well-known fact that Earth's ozone layer protects us from a great deal of the Sun's ultra-violet radiation. Were…
Will Aurora Strike Tonight? Here’s What to Expect
(Scroll down for latest update) Auroras showed up as forecast last night beginning around nightfall and lasting until about 1 a.m.…
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A Natural Planetary Defense Against Solar Storms
Planetary shields up: solar storms inbound… Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have identified…
Voyager 1: Is It In or Is It Out?
Nearly 18.7 billion kilometers from Earth -- about 17 light-hours away -- NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is just about on…
NASA Probes Play the Music of Earth’s Magnetosphere
Launched on August 30, 2012, NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probe (RBSP) satellites have captured recordings of audible-range radio waves…
New Satellites Will Tighten Knowledge of Earth’s Radiation Belts
Surrounding our planet like vast invisible donuts (the ones with the hole, not the jelly-filled kind) are the Van Allen…
Incoming! CME On Its Way Toward Earth
As you read this, a huge cloud of charged solar particles is speeding toward our planet, a coronal mass ejection…
New Computer Simulations Show Earth’s Spaghetti-Like Magnetosphere
[/caption] A new computer simulation is showing Earth's magnetosphere in amazing detail - and it looks a lot like a…
Moon’s Mini-Magnetosphere
Many objects in the solar system have strong magnetic fields which deflect the charged particles of the solar wind, creating…