May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
... Definition Geomagnetic Model - Real Time (HDGM-RT) accounts for the crustal, ionospheric and solar-wind induced magnetic fields, in addition to the magnetic fields from Earth’s core. Although the Dst index is used to drive short-period reference...
15 December 2020
NOAA launches Crowdsourcing competition for better forecasting of magnetic field
... thousands of data experts to bring their diverse backgrounds, skills, and ideas to produce the best results for magnetic field monitoring,” said Greg Lipstein, CEO and Co-Founder, of DrivenData. How to Become a Finalist Finalists and runners-up will...
22 December 2015
Magnetic fields around protostar gives a new twist on star formation
... surrounding the protostar falls inward toward the rotating disk, it has dragged magnetic field lines in with it, thus altering the structure of the magnetic field from a circular morphology near the star compared with the hourglass morphology seen...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
... Earth the structure would not have to be super-large to protect Earth. The creation of a structure with an overall magnetic field of 2 tesla (or 20,000 gauss) would only require the development power sources that could be easily generated by solar...
November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
... most of this if it is thick enough. Particulate radiation Space travellers moving out of the shelter of Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field will have to contend with high levels of solar and galactic radiation The second type of radiation we have...
October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
... part of the torus-shaped Van Allen radiation belts. Occasionally, charged particles can also trickle down magnetic field lines near the poles and into Earth’s atmosphere, resulting in magnificent auroral displays studied using ground...
