In this visualization, the LEXI instrument is shown ... of the X-rays emanating from the edges of our planet’s vast magnetosphere. This comprehensive view could illustrate how this protective ...

Unfortunate timing The first panel of this artist's concept depicts how Uranus's magnetosphere – its protective bubble – was behaving before the 1986 flyby of NASA's Voyager 2. The second panel shows ...

For six days, it will collect images of the X-rays emanating from the edges of our planet's vast magnetosphere. This comprehensive view could illustrate how this protective boundary responds to ...

Description: BOOM will design a deployable boom and sensor payload that can mount to a CubeSat and enable low-noise magnetosphere data collection. Deployable booms have been used on space stations and ...

Description: CEMBA seeks to design a deployable boom-sensor assembly that allows a payload to measure the magnetosphere in a low-noise environment. For space research, spacecraft often hinder the ...

In January 2008, 33 years after Mariner 10 flew past the solar system's innermost planet, MESSENGER crossed Mercury's magnetosphere. Ancient volcanoes, contractional faults, and a rich soup of ...

Chorus waves are mysterious, chirping signals produced by spiraling plasma inside our planet's magnetic field. But a new detection suggests scientists may understand less about them than first thought ...