News tagged with auroral arc
Two rockets fly through auroral arc
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2009 |
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After days of waiting for precise aurora conditions, a team from the University of Iowa finally saw the launch of its two scientific sounding rockets from Poker Flat Research Range. The NASA rockets launched Jan. 29, just ...
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Busy rocket season to launch at Poker Flat Research Range
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2009 |
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A total of eight National Aeronautics and Space Administration sounding rockets will launch from Poker Flat Research Range in 2009. The rocket season is split into two launch windows. The first launch window opens Jan. 10, ...
Johns Hopkins neuroscientists discover a critical early step of memory formation
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report in the July issue of Neuron how nerve cells in the brain ensure that Arc, a protein critical for memory formation, is made instantly after nerve stimul ...
Saturn has small moon hidden in ring
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found within Saturn's G ring an embedded moonlet that appears as a faint, moving pinprick of light. Scientists believe it is a main source of the G ring and its ...
Ganymede makes big impression on Jupiter's auroral lightshows (w/ Video)
Sep 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies of features in Jupiter’s spectacular and rapidly changing aurorae have given new insights into the complex electromagnetic interactions between the giant planet and two of its innermost ...
Cluster -- new insights into the electric circuits of polar lights
Feb 09, 2007 |
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Giant electrical circuits power the magical open-air light show of the auroras, forming arcs in high-latitude regions like Scandinavia. New results obtained thanks to ESA's Cluster satellites provide a new ...
Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Saturn's Moons
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a faint, partial ring orbiting with one small moon of Saturn, and has confirmed the presence of another partial ring orbiting with a second moon. This ...
NASA's new moon probe sends back moon shots
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA's new lunar probe launched less than a week ago has already sent back some shots of the moon.
NASA Satellites Discover What Powers Northern Lights
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the ...
MIT solves longstanding volcanic mystery
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Jun 08, 2009 |
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For decades, geologists have been puzzled by the mechanisms that give rise to the kind of volcanoes that form the so-called “ring of fire” around the Pacific Ocean. These arc volcanoes, which account for about 10 to 25 percent ...
Cassini Finds Possible Origin of One of Saturn's Rings
Aug 02, 2007 |
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Cassini scientists may have identified the source of one of Saturn's more mysterious rings. Saturn's G ring likely is produced by relatively large, icy particles that reside within a bright arc on the ring's ...
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