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SpaceX, NASA to launch 1st mission to study aurora 'electrojets' in Earth's atmosphere
"EZIE is the first mission dedicated exclusively to studying the electrojets," Larry Kepko, an EZIE mission scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, said in a statement. "It does ...
Phys.org28d
NASA's EZIE is launching to study magnetic fingerprints of Earth's aurora
High above Earth's poles, intense electrical ... amps of electrical charge around the poles every second. They can create some of the largest magnetic disturbances on the ground, and rapid changes ...
CNN on MSN13d
NASA launches newest space telescope to seek life’s key ingredients
NASA has launched the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to ...
The Durango Herald12d
Into the Amazon: Savage universe of unfathomable Beauty
If you want to understand the jungle, you can't be content just to sail back and forth near the shore. You've got to get into ...
The New York Times18d
Moon Lander’s Journey to Lunar Surface Ends With Uncertainty
and water molecules can be split into hydrogen and oxygen. Oxygen provides air to breathe, and hydrogen and oxygen can also be used as rocket propellants to return home to Earth, or to travel ...
SciTech Daily24d
The Northern Lights Hold a Shocking Secret and NASA’s EZIE Mission Will Reveal It
The Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) —is a SmallSat mission that will characterize the electric currents that link Earth’s aurora to the ... charge around the poles every second, creating ...
IFLScience7d
Russell-McPherron Effect: Why "Cracks" In Earth's Magnetic Field Mean We Get Peak Auroras At Equinox
Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the aurora-causing effects of the solar wind. However, towards the equinox, the two fields ...