Recent upgrades to the Jicamarca Radio Observatory in Peru allow it to probe electron densities several thousand kilometers above Earth, a feat it hasn't accomplished in 50 years.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
A review of the literature shows that weather nearer Earth's surface could produce up to 35% of the ionosphere's variability.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
When the Earth's and the Sun's magnetic fields meet, they realign in explosive and mysterious reconnections. Data suggest that plasma waves called kinetic Alfvén waves play a key role.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Fifty years ago, a sounding rocket made history by taking the first measurement of an electric field in space. What techniques were used to capture this data?Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
The resonant vibrations of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica are disturbing the atmosphere above it, creating huge ripples.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
High school students launch their own high-altitude payloads and learn from their successes and failures through a science research training program led by the University of New Hampshire.Read More »
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