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Meanwhile, electrojets create a magnetic field around our planet — and this field can split the 118 gigahertz emission line associated ... while orbiting the Earth. NASA will then study the ...
Forecasters said a recent coronal mass ejection and high-speed winds from a spot on the sun’s surface may disrupt Earth’s ...
The first bits of data have come back from the trio of small satellites that make up NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging ...
Largely under the command of NASA ... auroras and connections between the sun and the Earth. "One of the most important aspects of auroras is that the polar regions are where the magnetic field ...
Lines of the Earth's magnetic field snap into a different shape during solar 'sub-storms' [Image NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center] Nasa scientists have uncovered the precise event that triggers ...
NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission will use three CubeSats to map Earth’s auroral electrojets — intense electric currents that flow high above Earth’s polar regions ...
During a brief but dramatic chapter in ... field allowed auroras to appear not just near the poles but over much of Europe and even parts of northern Africa. Magnetic field lines stretched outward ...
Last spring, the strongest geomagnetic storm in two decades slammed Earth, producing light displays across the Northern Hemisphere. And last fall, a powerful solar storm dazzled skygazers far from the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A strong solar storm headed to Earth ... auroras as far south as Hawaii and caught telegraph lines on fire in a rare event. And a 1972 solar storm may have detonated magnetic ...