The Falcon 9 rocket, which was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, left a faint red glow in the sky, a sign of the ionospheric hole. “This is a well-studied phenomenon when ...
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross parts of the United States. For millions of people along the path of totality, where the moon will completely cover the sun, it may feel like an ...
NASA’s ICON mission studied the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere called the ionosphere. ICON provided critical insights into interplay between space weather and Earth’s weather. The mission ...
Electron density of the Ionosphere around the Earth for a certain point of time: high values in red, low values in blue. The white line marks the geomagnetic equator ...
GREENBELT, Md. – Today, at the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colo., NASA-funded researchers released to the general public a new “4D” live model of Earth’s ionosphere. Without leaving home, ...