Two new radiation belts, one containing electrons and another containing protons, were detected by NASA’s CIRBE CubeSat after the May 10, 2024, G5 – Extreme geomagnetic storm.
Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks identified a new electromagnetic wave called the “specularly reflected whistler.” This wave, caused by low-latitude lightning, challenged earlier notions by revealing that lightning energy can escape the ionosphere and enter the magnetosphere, impacting space weather dynamics. The discovery of the “specularly reflected whistler” which is an electromagnetic wave…
Earth is embedded in the always-expanding atmosphere of the Sun, called the solar wind, which blows past planets to the edge of the Solar System. Solar wind is typically supersonic, faster than the speed of sound, and when it encounters planets, like Earth, a shock…
This is a simulation of the Earth’s radiation belts constructed from SAMPEX data around the time of the 2003 Halloween solar storms. In this visualization, we present the belts in cross-section to provide a better view of their interior structure.The Earth’s
Antiprotons appear to ring the Earth, confined by the planet's magnetic field lines. The antimatter, which may persist for minutes or hours before annihilating with normal matter, could in theory be used to fuel ultra-efficient rockets of the future.Charged particle
