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Cassini captures 'ghostly dance' of Saturn's northern lights
Pasadena :: TX :: USA | 6 days ago
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The images show a previously unseen vertical profile to the auroras, which ripple in the video like tall curtains. These curtains reach more than 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) above the edge of the planet''s northern hemisphere. Auroras occur on Earth,...
Tags: Earth, Cassini, Saturn, northern lights, ghostly dance, Pasadena, Environment, Plasma physics, Space plasmas, Magnetosphere, Aurora, Jets, Technology Internet, Electrical phenomena, Planetary science
Chandrayaan discovers magnetosphere
Bangalore :: India | 17 days ago
Credibility After confirming the presence of water on the lunar surface, India's Chandrayaan-1 mission has, for the first time, discovered mini-magnetosphere that would throw light on the "inventory" of Hydrogen on the moon, a top space scientist said today...The...
Tags: SARA, India, Bangalore, Magnetosphere, Moon, Indian Space Research Organisation, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Planetary science, Indian space program, Anil Bhardwaj, Chandrayaan-1, Technology Internet
A Giant Breach in Earth's Magnetic Field
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Earth's magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist. Solar wind can flow in through the opening to "load up" the magnetosphere for powerful geomagnetic storms...David Sibeck of the Goddard Space Flight Center. "This finding...
Tags: magnetic, scientists, magnetosphere, solar wind, solar, sun, Earth, magnetic field, solar winds
Holes in the Earth's Magnetic Armoury
The ozone layer isn't the only protective shield getting depleted. Apparently, our protective magentosphere is riddled with two gaping holes which means it's open season for solar winds itching to get close to us. The magnetosphere is essentially a bubble...
Tags: sun, solar, flare, magnetosphere
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