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Artist's rendering of NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, which observes interactions between the solar wind and the upper atmosphere of Mars.

Research Spotlight 20 May 2016

Mysterious Heavy Ion Beams Above Mars Explained

NASA's latest mission to Mars has uncovered the origins of fast-moving streams of particles high above the planet, flowing against the solar wind.
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Tribute 16 May 2016

Robert L. "Bob" Carovillano (1932–2015)

As a theoretical physicist, he contributed strongly to magnetospheric and space physics since the 1960s, both in research and as a program leader at Boston College and NASA.
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Electrons Thrown Off Course in Near-Earth Magnetic Reconnection

NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission detects energy differences in electrons scattered by magnetic reconnection.
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Dipolarization fronts (DFs), bursty bulk flows (BBFs), flux transfer events (FTEs), and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) in a high-resolution simulation of an idealized substorm.

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Great Mysteries of the Earth's Magnetotail

Workshop on Magnetotail Reconnection Onset and Dipolarization Fronts; Laurel, Maryland, 16–18 September 2015
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New Solar Wind Model Could Improve Space Weather Forecasts

Real-world data drive a simulation that successfully predicts Sun structures and interplanetary solar wind dynamics.
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Research Spotlight 12 February 2016

Magnetic Field Pulsations and Aurora Tightly Linked

Mysterious plasma waves from space are generating displays of aurora near Earth's poles.
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News 16 December 2015

Human Radio Transmissions Create Barrier to "Killer Electrons"

An interaction between radio waves and the Van Allen radiation belts creates a bubble around the Earth that high-energy electrons can't penetrate.
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News 14 December 2015

Experts Urge Europe and the U.S. to Boost Cooperation in Space

By working more closely together, these major space players could better monitor weather and natural hazards, improve communications and satellite security, and extend international cooperation.
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Research Spotlight 26 October 2015

New Clues to Mysterious Hiss in Earth's Plasmasphere

An analysis of the electromagnetic "hiss" that surrounds Earth reveals it's not just static; there's a signal hidden within, which may help scientists uncover its source.
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Space Science & Space Physics

Research Spotlight 12 October 2015

Protecting Communications Satellites from Space Weather

A recent analysis of proprietary telecommunications data identifies a potential source of anomalous satellite component performance, and what can be done to prevent this from happening in the future.
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