On 19 May 2026, the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, known as SMILE, lifted off aboard a Vega-C rocket and ...

A production-line fault in Europe’s Vega-C rocket has postponed the joint ESA-China SMILE space-weather mission from early April to May 19, 2026. The spacecraft, designed to capture unprecedented ...

Given the complex turbulent nature of the observed magnetosheath with strongly compressed and deformed magnetic fields, little attention has been paid to the data-based modeling of the terrestrial ...

Abstract: Initiated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the European Space Agency, the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission aims to provide soft X-ray imager (SXI) ...

The illustration shows magnetic field lines around the Earth reconnecting in the magnetotail, usually one of the first signs of a substorm.NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center-Conceptual Image Lab ...

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 ...

NASA's Juno mission has recorded giant swirling waves at the edge of Jupiter's magnetic field, revealing new insight on how solar wind may impact the planet. When you purchase through links on our ...

Giant waves have been found swirling in the plasma at the boundary of Jupiter's magnetosphere, scientists have found. Data from Juno suggests the Jupiter probe regularly dips through these waves, ...

In June 2021, NASA's Juno spacecraft flew close to Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, observing evidence of magnetic reconnection. A team led by Southwest Research Institute used Juno data to examine ...

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 ...