PRIMETIMER

NASA IMAP spacecraft studies particles and magnetic fields beyond the Sun

NASA’s IMAP spacecraft studies charged particles, energetic neutral atoms, and magnetic fields at the heliosphere’s boundaries, providing real-time space weather data for Earth and spacecraft.
Symmetry Magazine

What is neutral naturalness?

Indirectly testing this theory, motivated by the mysterious mass of the Higgs boson, could be within reach for experiments at the Large Hadron Collider. The Higgs field is famous for its role ...
Astronomy

Scientists want to study the heliosphere- here’s how they might do it

The Sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that’s not all it does, and it affects a much larger area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the Sun, ...
EurekAlert!

For heating plasma in fusion devices, researchers unravel how electrons respond to neutral beam injection

(Left) Measured and simulated electron temperature curves during an NBI pulse showing the outcome of the competing effects between neutral particle-derived fast ions and cold electrons. (Right) One of ...
Astronomy

Where does the magnetism in neutron stars come from, as neutrons are neutral particles?

Neutron stars possess extremely strong magnetic fields, the origin of which remains unknown. The presence of neutrons in neutron stars does not preclude the existence of strong magnetic fields, as ...
The Conversation

Scientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an interstellar probe, they don’t know much about its shape

Sarah A. Spitzer works as a research fellow for the University of Michigan department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering. She receives funding from the the University of Michigan and from ...