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SMILE Satellite Launches With World’s First X-Ray Eye on Earth’s Magnetic Shield

CEST on May 19, 2026, a Vega-C rocket lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying the Solar wind ...

Joint ESA–China mission begins mapping Earth’s protective magnetic field

The SMILE mission will track the Earth’s magnetosphere, which protects the planet from charged particles that come from the ...

Teledyne Space Imaging Sensors Launch Aboard European Space Agency’s SMILE Mission

Teledyne Space Imaging, a leading supplier of space-qualified imaging sensors, focal plane arrays and integrated camera systems, announced it supplied two CCD370 imaging sensors for the Soft X-ray ...

What is the Zwan-Wolf effect at Mars?

Discover the Zwan-Wolf effect at Mars, revealing how solar wind interacts with the planet's weak magnetic field.

You could see the Northern Lights in these states due to a geomagnetic storm

A fast stream of solar wind from a colossal coronal hole in the sun’s atmosphere could spark a geomagnetic storm, bringing ...
Space.com

Geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Michigan and Maine May 15-17

A fast stream of solar wind could trigger G1 geomagnetic storm conditions overnight, boosting aurora chances across parts of ...
FOX 35 Orlando

You could see the Northern Lights this week — here’s when to look up

A geomagnetic storm could make the Northern Lights visible across parts of the northern U.S. The best viewing chances are ...