Exoplanet habitability depends on a whole host of factors, with liquid water at the top of the list. It also requires a ...

An experiment that fires powerful radio waves into the sky has created a patch of 'artificial ionosphere', mimicking the uppermost portion of Earth's atmosphere. The research has not only caused ...

SOME years ago considerable discussion took place concerning the relation between the constitution of the ionosphere and its refractive index for radio waves. The question at issue was whether the ...

Better coverage This map shows the locations of the 9036 monitoring stations (orange dots) that are used to observe the ionosphere. The orange dots overlay blue dots, which show approximately 100,000 ...

The ionosphere in Earth's upper atmosphere serves as a boundary between our planet and space, housing phenomena like auroras, satellites, and radio communication waves.

The ionosphere is both shaped by waves from the atmosphere below and uniquely responsive to the changing conditions in space, conveying such space weather into observable, Earth-effective ...

"The ionosphere doesn't only react to energy input by solar storms," said Scott England, a space scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, who works on both the ICON and GOLD missions.

Using this new 4-D tool, they can monitor and study the ionosphere as if they’re actually inside it.” The ionosphere is, in a sense, our planet’s final frontier.

University of Washington. "Signals from the ionosphere could improve tsunami forecasts." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 12 December 2022. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 12 / 221212180513.htm>.

The ionosphere hole didn't cause much chaos by itself. However, more frequent and more powerful launches with these kinds of disruptions could significantly skew GPS navigation.

This figure is a map of the TEC in the Martian ionosphere, created with data from the MARSIS, onboard Mars Express. The vertical scale indicates latitude (y-axis) and the horizontal (x-axis) is ...

An explosion that leaves an invisible mark in the sky. This is what happened on November 18, 2023, during the launch of Starship by SpaceX. The most powerful rocket ever built didn't just explode; it ...