Attempting to create an artificial ionosphere is a major undertaking.

The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, known as SMILE, is set to lift off on April 9, 2026, at 08:29 CEST ...

As Solar Cycle 25 peaks, learn how increased sunspots and ionospheric ionization are boosting shortwave radio propagation.

The launch of a SpaceX rocket has punched a hole in the planet's ionosphere, leaving a red aurora-like glow in the night sky above California. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Monday from Vandenberg ...

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 ...

A new NASA study focusing on irregularities in Earth’s upper atmosphere may help scientists overcome disruptions in GPS communication. The findings provide an insight into the causes of the disruptive ...

Rockets can leave a mark on the atmosphere well after they've left, and SpaceX may have learned that first-hand. Researchers have determined that a Falcon 9 launch in August 2017 (the Formosat-5 ...

A plan to use millions of smartphones to map out real-time variations in Earth’s ionosphere has been tested by researchers in the US. Developed by Brian Williams and colleagues at Google Research in ...

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 ...

The powerful volcanic eruption in January 2022 created ripple effects throughout the world's atmosphere and oceans. Analysis of the Hunga Tonga eruption shows how signals from the ionosphere could ...

WASHINGTON — A three-stage suborbital sounding rocket on March 3 launched an Air Force Research Laboratory experiment from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This was the first sounding ...

The year 1816 was a weird one, climatically speaking. Months that would normally be warm and pleasant were cold, rainy and overcast, leading to crop shortages across much of the Northern Hemisphere.