Space Physics
Particles and Fields Package Integrated on Upcoming Mars-Bound Spacecraft
The Solar Wind Electron Analyzer (SWEA) was the last of the six instruments to be delivered, and was integrated late last week at Lockheed Martin in Littleton,…
New report presents research program for solar and space physics over the next decade
This second decadal survey in solar and space physics — the product of a 18-month effort by more than 85 solar and space physicists and space system engineers…
Thin current sheets in space: where the action is
Thin sheets with currents separate large plasma regions in space. Scientists at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) have now finally measured the…
Impact atlas catalogs over 635,000 Martian craters
Really beat up, according to researchers who recently finished counting, outlining and cataloging a staggering 635,000 impact craters on Mars that are roughly…
Elusive matter found to be abundant far above Earth
At these lofty elevations, storms of high-energy charged particles – space weather – roil the atmosphere, creating auroras, buffeting satellites, and sometimes…
NASA's AIM Satellite and Models are Unlocking the Secrets of Mysterious "Night-Shining" Clouds
The AIM measurements have provided the first comprehensive global-scale view of the complex life cycle of these clouds, also called Polar Mesospheric Clouds…