NEWS STORY: Improving space weather forecasting
Space weather forecasting system used by satellite operators Weather forecasting is a tricky enough job on Earth, but doing it for the outer atmosphere and beyond is even more problematic. […]
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NEWS STORY: BAS involved in NASA mission
Read more of: NEWS STORY: BAS involved in NASA missionBritish Antarctic Survey scientists involved in NASA ‘space weather’ mission WASHINGTON — NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore the Earth’s radiation belts, launched […]
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Antarctic field season kicks off for Centennial Year
Read more of: Antarctic field season kicks off for Centennial YearOn the eve of the centenary of Sir Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition to the Antarctic, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) 20011/12 field season is underway. The start of the season […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Space weather forecasting
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Space weather forecastingMajor EU-funded space weather initiative launched and managed in UK A major EU-funded initiative to improve ‘space weather’ forecasting will hold its inaugural meeting in the UK on Tuesday 29 […]
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Northern Lights and solar flares
Read more of: Northern Lights and solar flaresRecent increases in solar activity, including the largest solar flare in four years, lead to hopes of seeing the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, in the UK. […]
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PRESS RELEASE: New research sheds light on Aurora
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: New research sheds light on AuroraNew space research settles years of scientific debate New space research published this week (Thursday 21 October) in the journal Nature, has settled decades of scientific debate. Researchers from the […]
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Geomagnetic storm analysis to improve chemistry climate models
Read more of: Geomagnetic storm analysis to improve chemistry climate modelsScientists from the British Antarctic Survey and the Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado, have shown that high energy charged particles that are usually trapped in the Earth’s magnetic […]
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New discovery at Jupiter could help protect Earth-orbit satellites
Read more of: New discovery at Jupiter could help protect Earth-orbit satellitesRadio waves accelerate electrons within Jupiter’s magnetic field in the same way as they do on Earth, according to new research published in Nature Physics this week. The discovery overturns a […]
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Ice Station Antarctica opens at Natural History Museum
Read more of: Ice Station Antarctica opens at Natural History MuseumIce Station Antarctica at the Natural History Museum challenges kids to understand the importance of the frozen continent Antarctica is a continent 58 times the size of the and it […]
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Mind the gap: space scientists uncover causes of gap in Van Allen belts
Read more of: Mind the gap: space scientists uncover causes of gap in Van Allen belts26 September 2006 PR No. 14/2006 A team of British and US scientists have discovered that the gap in the Van Allen radiation belts is formed by natural wave turbulence […]
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Countdown to International Polar Year
Read more of: Countdown to International Polar YearOne year from now the biggest internationally coordinated research effort for 50 years will begin as thousands of scientists from 60 countries focus their attention on the Polar Regions. The […]
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Scientific breakthrough will help protect astronauts and spacecraft
Read more of: Scientific breakthrough will help protect astronauts and spacecraft7 September 2005 PR No. 13/2005 A breakthrough by a team of British, US and French scientists will help protect astronauts, spacecraft and satellites from radiation hazards experienced in space. Reporting […]