• Jets of ionospheric cold plasma discovered at the magnetopause

    BySteven Young

    The Sun and Earth both produce powerful magnetic fields, and their intersection develops a complex system of physics that determines the space weather experienced by our planet. The solar wind – a constant stream of charged particles (plasma) emitted from the Sun -…

  • Six years of observing the Earth's magnetosphere

    ByTeo Blašković

    There is still only a handful of spacecraft to watch for solar and magnetic storms but the number of observatories has been growing over the last six years. Today, these spacecraft have begun to provide the first multipoint measurements to better understand space