Each day, radio signals from key communications and navigation satellites travel freely through a layer of Earth’s atmosphere known as the ionosphere. Floating 50 to 400 miles (80 to 643 kilometers) ...

At the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, NASA-funded researchers have released to the general public a “4-D” live model of Earth’s ionosphere. Without leaving home, anyone can fly through ...

Researchers studied the effects of earthquakes and tsunamis on the ionosphere The effects are similar to those of a powerful solar flare Disruptions in the ionosphere could affect radio communications ...

The ionosphere—the region of geospace spanning from 60 to 1000 kilometers above the Earth—impairs the propagation of radio signals from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) with its electrically ...

GREENBELT, Md. – Today, at the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colo., NASA-funded researchers released to the general public a new “4D” live model of Earth’s ionosphere. Without leaving home, ...

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Although Mars is sometimes described as the most Earth-like of all the planets, there are many differences between the two worlds that scientists are trying to understand. One of the less familiar ...

In another example of how new technology can help further science, researchers have finally been able to verify the occurrence of a phenomenon that was theorized about 40 years ago, in the 1970s. It ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A rocket launch by Elon Musk's SpaceX has punctured a temporary hole in the ionosphere of our planet's atmosphere. The ...

This image shows Cassini’s last two orbital phases. The ring-grazing orbits are shown in gray (far left), while the Grand Finale orbits — during which Cassini’s collected unprecedented measurements of ...