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For The First Time, The Zwan-Wolf Effect Has Been Seen On Another World, 200 Kilometers Deep In The Martian AtmosphereArtist's impression of the Zwan-Wolf effect in the Martian atmosphere, squeezing the incoming waves of plasma in the Solar wind, with the movement of the effect indicated by yellow arrows

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For The First Time, The Zwan-Wolf Effect Has Been Seen On Another World, 200 Kilometers Deep In The Martian AtmosphereArtist's impression of the Zwan-Wolf effect in the Martian atmosphere, squeezing the incoming waves of plasma in the Solar wind, with the movement of the effect indicated by yellow arrows
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For The First Time, The Zwan-Wolf Effect Has Been Seen On Another World, 200 Kilometers Deep In The Martian Atmosphere

clock-iconMay 19, 2026

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Project West Ford: In 1961, The US Military Attempted To Make An Artificial Ionosphere, And A Ring Around The EarthThe orbital path of some of the debris from Project West Ford (left), and the copper needles that make up that debris in comparison to a 1954 US stamp (right).

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Project West Ford: In 1961, The US Military Attempted To Make An Artificial Ionosphere, And A Ring Around The EarthThe orbital path of some of the debris from Project West Ford (left), and the copper needles that make up that debris in comparison to a 1954 US stamp (right).
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Project West Ford: In 1961, The US Military Attempted To Make An Artificial Ionosphere, And A Ring Around The Earth

clock-iconFebruary 10, 2026
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Chinese Radar Spots Plasma Bubbles Over The Pyramids Of Gizathe complex of giza seeing during the day. The three main pyramids and the smaller ones are all visible

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Chinese Radar Spots Plasma Bubbles Over The Pyramids Of Gizathe complex of giza seeing during the day. The three main pyramids and the smaller ones are all visible
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Chinese Radar Spots Plasma Bubbles Over The Pyramids Of Giza

clock-iconSeptember 10, 2024
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NASA Has Finally Measured Earth’s Long-Suspected Polar Electric FieldThe Endurance rocket at launch on a quest to confirm the polar wind of escaping hydrogen ions is caused by an electric field.

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NASA Has Finally Measured Earth’s Long-Suspected Polar Electric FieldThe Endurance rocket at launch on a quest to confirm the polar wind of escaping hydrogen ions is caused by an electric field.
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NASA Has Finally Measured Earth’s Long-Suspected Polar Electric Field

clock-iconAugust 30, 2024
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May’s Huge Geomagnetic Storm Created A Previously Unseen Vortex In Earth’s AtmosphereGeomagnetic storm

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May’s Huge Geomagnetic Storm Created A Previously Unseen Vortex In Earth’s AtmosphereGeomagnetic storm
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May’s Huge Geomagnetic Storm Created A Previously Unseen Vortex In Earth’s Atmosphere

clock-iconAugust 19, 2024
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Watch As A Rocket Punches Stunning "Ionospheric Hole" Mid-FlightFirefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket leaves a glowing trail above the skies of Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 3, 2024.

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Watch As A Rocket Punches Stunning "Ionospheric Hole" Mid-FlightFirefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket leaves a glowing trail above the skies of Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 3, 2024.
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Watch As A Rocket Punches Stunning "Ionospheric Hole" Mid-Flight

clock-iconJuly 5, 2024
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Strange Letter-Shaped Structures Found In The Electrified Layers Of Earth’s AtmosphereArtist impression of the northern lights from space over the limb of our planet with the Sun behind

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Strange Letter-Shaped Structures Found In The Electrified Layers Of Earth’s AtmosphereArtist impression of the northern lights from space over the limb of our planet with the Sun behind
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Strange Letter-Shaped Structures Found In The Electrified Layers Of Earth’s Atmosphere

clock-iconJuly 1, 2024
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NASA To Send Rockets To Study The Eclipse’s Effect On The IonosphereOne of the sounding rockets takes off from White Sands during the 2023 annular eclipse, the same rockets will be reused for this year's solar eclipse.

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NASA To Send Rockets To Study The Eclipse’s Effect On The IonosphereOne of the sounding rockets takes off from White Sands during the 2023 annular eclipse, the same rockets will be reused for this year's solar eclipse.
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NASA To Send Rockets To Study The Eclipse’s Effect On The Ionosphere

clock-iconApril 1, 2024
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Rockets Could Reveal STEVE Is Not A Real AuroraSTEVE and aurora borealis in the sky over Sweden

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Rockets Could Reveal STEVE Is Not A Real AuroraSTEVE and aurora borealis in the sky over Sweden
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Rockets Could Reveal STEVE Is Not A Real Aurora

clock-iconDecember 11, 2023
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Most Powerful Burst Of Gamma Rays Struck Earth, Disturbing Its IonosphereThe artistic impression depicts the effect of a powerful blast of gamma rays and two satellites observing the effects on earth.

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Most Powerful Burst Of Gamma Rays Struck Earth, Disturbing Its IonosphereThe artistic impression depicts the effect of a powerful blast of gamma rays and two satellites observing the effects on earth.
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Most Powerful Burst Of Gamma Rays Struck Earth, Disturbing Its Ionosphere

clock-iconNovember 14, 2023
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Ham Radio Amateurs Will Help NASA Study The Ionosphere During The "Ring Of Fire" EclipseThe Moon passing in front of the Sun, with part of the outer edge of the Sun still visible behind it.

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Ham Radio Amateurs Will Help NASA Study The Ionosphere During The "Ring Of Fire" EclipseThe Moon passing in front of the Sun, with part of the outer edge of the Sun still visible behind it.
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Ham Radio Amateurs Will Help NASA Study The Ionosphere During The "Ring Of Fire" Eclipse

clock-iconOctober 12, 2023
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Auroral-Like Glow Produced By SpaceX Rockets Making Holes In The IonosphereThe SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Friday evening as seen over downtown Phoenix.

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Auroral-Like Glow Produced By SpaceX Rockets Making Holes In The IonosphereThe SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Friday evening as seen over downtown Phoenix.
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Auroral-Like Glow Produced By SpaceX Rockets Making Holes In The Ionosphere

clock-iconJuly 26, 2023
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Radio Stations Shut Or Power Down At Night, Because Of The Laws Of PhysicsA dial of an AM/FM radio.

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Radio Stations Shut Or Power Down At Night, Because Of The Laws Of PhysicsA dial of an AM/FM radio.
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Radio Stations Shut Or Power Down At Night, Because Of The Laws Of Physics

clock-iconDecember 27, 2022
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Devastating Beirut Explosion Sent Waves Into The Ionosphere With The Force Of A Volcano Eruptionarticle image

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Devastating Beirut Explosion Sent Waves Into The Ionosphere With The Force Of A Volcano Eruptionarticle image
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Devastating Beirut Explosion Sent Waves Into The Ionosphere With The Force Of A Volcano Eruption

clock-iconMarch 19, 2021

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Chinese And Russian Scientists Have Been Heating Huge Portions Of The Atmosphere (On Purpose)article image

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Chinese And Russian Scientists Have Been Heating Huge Portions Of The Atmosphere (On Purpose)article image
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Chinese And Russian Scientists Have Been Heating Huge Portions Of The Atmosphere (On Purpose)

clock-iconDecember 18, 2018