Imaging techniques provide essential information in astronomical and space physics studies. The Soft X-ray imager (SXI) will obtain images of the Earth’s magnetosphere from solar wind charge exchange ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., February 14, 2007 — In a paper published in the February 2007 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, scientists from the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) are using ...

Image of the laser-driven plasma expanding into the dipole magnetic field. Magnetic field measurements showing the location of the magnetopause are overlaid. CREDIT Derek Schaeffer A magnetosphere ...

Sometime around 5:52 a.m. Central European time on May 19, 2026, a Vega-C rocket is scheduled to climb out of Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana carrying a spacecraft that has never had a true ...

NASA’s Imager for Magnetopause-to- Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) satellite recently ceased operations, bringing to a close a successful six-year mission. IMAGE was the premier producer of new ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. You may not be able to hear it, but Earth's magnetic shield booms like a drum when it's bombarded ...

There are waves on Jupiter, but not exactly the kind surfers can ride. These plasma waves are much more intense than anything that crashes onto a beach. NASA’s Juno spacecraft keeps coming across ...

In late 2005, NASA lost one of its satellites called Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE). IMAGE was launched from Vandenberg AFB on March 25, 2000; its mission was to observe ...

A rocket carrying the first spacecraft designed to photograph solar wind crashing into Earth’s magnetic field is scheduled to ...