M iles upon miles overhead, there is a field in the atmosphere that shields the Earth from space energies that could be harmful to the planet’s life. If this field, called “ma ...
Since its launch on March 12, 2015, NASA's MMS, or Magnetospheric Multiscale, mission has been rewriting our understanding of a key ...
However, a new study led by Beihang University in China, using NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) satellites, has revealed their presence at over 100,000 kilometers—a region where their ...