“Space scientists had pieced together this concept based on single-point measurements, but this is the first study that really lets us observe the plasma sheet filling and emptying into the inner ...

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa planetary scientist Shuai Li, led research that high energy electrons in Earth’s plasma sheet (part of the magnetosphere) are contributing to weathering processes on the ...

Invisible to the naked eye, yet massive in structure around Earth is the magnetosphere, the region of space around the planet that ebbs and flows in response to the million mph flow of charged ...

Physicists have determined the source of powerful cosmic phenomena like solar flares: giant sheets of unstable plasma bursting into pieces. By creating a model for tracking the unstable plasma, ...

The diagram labels by two red dots is the location of an ESA Cluster satellite and NASA’s Image satellite on September 15, 2005, when particular conditions of the magnetic field configuration gave ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Invisible "plasma lenses" shaped like noodles, lasagna sheets or hazelnuts might lurk between ...