 R & D Magazine |
Researchers use Jaguar to shed light on the last major dark spot in astrophysics
R & D Magazine The ionized gases known as astrophysical plasma give us auroras, comet tails, solar wind, and much of the spiraling matter falling into a black hole. Created when a gas becomes so hot that electrons are pulled away from atoms, such plasma is a fourth … |
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Satellites harnessing solar winds can meet world's energy needs100bn times over
Sify This wire is charged to generate a cylindrical magnetic field that snags the electrons that make up half the solar wind. These electrons get funnelled into … |
 New Zealand Herald |
NASA Wants to Plunge a Probe Into the Sun
FOXNews Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons Investigation: This experiment will count the most abundant particles in the solar wind — electrons, … Solar Probe Plus instruments will brave the sun's wrathSpaceflight Now NASA Solar Probe Sets Controls for the Heart of the Sun, LiterallyPopular Science Plans for solar 'close encounter'BBC News IBTimes -The AtlanticWire (blog) -Space Daily all 134 news articles » |
 IBTimes |
NASA Selects Investigations for First Mission to Encounter the Sun
PR Newswire (press release) Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons Investigation: principal investigator, Justin C. Kasper, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass. … Solar Sail Spacecraft Could Explore Beyond Solar SystemSpace.com A decade of studying the Earth's magnetic shield, in 3-DPhysOrg.com Exploring Outside the Solar System Possible with Solar SailsSoftpedia |
 TG Daily |
Moon's polar craters may be electrified
TG Daily The cause is the solar wind, a thin gas of negatively charged electrons and positively charged ions that streams from the sun into space. … Lunar polar craters likely to be live with electricityAlbuquerque Express |