Using 8 years of data collected via spacecraft, scientists produce hindcasts of plasma eruptions from the Sun. These will help improve forecasts.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Researchers outline the history of the U.S. government’s involvement in space weather research, from before World War II, through the Space Race, and beyond.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Modeling Earth’s near-space environment and its electrical currents is challenging. A new study compares how four different models stack up against observations.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
A survey of bedrock conductivity across Spain improves predictions of how vulnerable the nation’s power grid is to solar storms.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
Using data from the European Space Agency's Swarm mission, scientists find that abrupt drops in the ionosphere's electron density may cause low-orbiting satellites to lose contact with GPS satellitesRead More »Natural Hazards
A new model predicts electron and ion fluxes at geosynchronous orbit an hour ahead of time, allowing satellite operators to protect their instruments.Read More »Education
Research shows that 80% of graduate students who received their Ph.D. between 2001 and 2009 continued to publish for at least 3 years, and 60% are still publishing.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
When solar storms strike, they weaken Earth's defenses against harmful radiation. New satellite measurements reveal just how much.Read More »Planetary Sciences
