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Rare 'sprite' lightning event caught by NASA astronaut from space
Nichole Ayers, a NASA astronaut, spotted a rare sprite. The red flash occurred above thunderstorms. It happened over Mexico ...
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The effect of the ionosphere on remote sensing of sea surface salinity from space: absorption and emission at L band - IEEE Xplore
The purpose of this work is to examine the effects of Faraday rotation and attenuation/emission in the ionosphere in the context of a future remote sensing system in space to measure salinity. Sea ...
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Astronaut photographs elusive luminous event from far above Earth
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has shared a striking photo of what is known as a Transient Luminous ...
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Meet EZIE, Our Key to Understanding Auroral Electrojets
The Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission aims to map auroral electrojets, improving scientific models of space ...
May 2024 solar storm cost $500 million in damages to farmers, new study reveals
GPS positions were off by up to 230 feet during the Gannon Solar Storm in May 2024 in a disruption that lasted for up to two days, a new study has revealed.
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Astrophotographer snaps 'once-in-a-lifetime' shot of solar flare photobombing the ISS
An astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the ...
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Earth’s Invisible Plasma Bubbles Disrupt GPS Signals – Scientists Reveal Breakthrough Detection
There are huge, invisible structures in the ionosphere that are high above the surface of the Earth. These structures are ...
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ATS-UNet: Attentional 2-D Time Sequence UNet for Global Ionospheric One-Day-Ahead Prediction - IEEE Xplore
The ionosphere contains many charged free particles that significantly affect radio signals passing through it. Due to limitations in observation technology, high-precision ionospheric forecasting has ...