ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 mission has uncovered unexpectedly high electron densities in the Moon's ionosphere. These findings suggest a significant influence of lunar crustal magnetic fields on plasma ...

More information: Jamie Smith et al, Mapping the ionosphere with millions of phones, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08072-x Provided by Nature Publishing Group ...

The upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere could play a bigger role in shaping the northern lights than previously thought, ...

The International Space Station has captured a photo of what in known as "Earth's tallest lightning". This form of lighting, known as a gigantic jet, is a type of discharge that occurs between ...

SpaceX rocket launches are punching holes in part of Earth's atmosphere, called the ionosphere, and it's a beautiful sight to behold. The holes appear as bright red blobs in the sky. Some are ...

By analyzing radio signals from India’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which continues to operate efficiently and provide valuable ...

The Ionosphere Monitoring and Prediction Center (IMPC) is based at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) DLR Institute of Communications and Navigation in ...

This discovery challenges previous assumptions about how plasma, electrically charged gas, behaves in the lunar environment ...