Thermosphere is where temperatures begin to increase with height, caused by the absorption of UV and X-rays. Ionosphere is part of Earth's upper atmosphere, between 50 and about 370 miles where ...
NPU is the main Asian project coordinator in the European Union’s QB50 project, an international network of 50 cube-satellites investigating the lower thermosphere, and it has built one of the ...
Among the unique phenomena triggered by the event was the appearance of a huge spiral structure in the thermosphere, as well as the complete obliteration of the ionosphere in the mid-latitude region.
For decades, satellites passing over Earth's north and south poles have experienced a flow of ions from the upper atmosphere into space. Dubbed the 'polar wind', the source of this flow had eluded ...
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