13 February 2019
Magnetopause makes Earth one enormous drum
... ultimately work their way down into the inner magnetosphere triggering ultra-low frequency waves, which affect things...help researchers spot this phenomenon on other planets with magnetospheres, like Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury, and what effect...
01 July 2020
How Earth’s protective magnetic bubble can ‘flap’ over the Moon
.... While Earth is safe inside its magnetic bubble - the magnetosphere - the Moon continually passes into and out of the stretched... – in the full Moon phase – it is inside the magnetosphere and thought to be protected but this new research, published ...
October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
...particles ejected by the Sun can stream into the Earth’s magnetosphere, the magnetic bubble that surrounds the planet and acts as... in solar wind conditions causing a distortion of Earth’s magnetosphere. This can occur, for example, when large amounts ...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
..., electrically-conductive fluid. The rest originates from magnetised crustal rocks and currents in the ionosphere and magnetosphere. The Earth acts like a giant spherical magnet and, in general, its magnetic field resembles that generated...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... leave the protection of both Earth’s atmosphere and magnetosphere, thereby increasing their exposure to harmful space-borne ...During EM-1, Orion will fly without a crew beyond Earth’s magnetosphere, orbit the Moon and conclude the return trip by ...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
... better understood. We will be actively engaged in defending against asteroids, comets, solar flares, coronal ejections, changes to Earth’s magnetosphere, and orbital space debris. The world is moving towards a new reality where humanity will depend...
