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  1. SMILE Satellite Launched to Observe Sun-Earth Interactions and Auroras

    📰 Original title: Lanzado el satélite SMILE de China y la ESA para estudiar la interacción entre el Sol y la Tierra

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: en.killbait.com/smile-satellit

    #astronomy #smilesatellite #solarwind #eart...

  2. SMILE Satellite Launched to Observe Sun-Earth Interactions and Auroras

    📰 Original title: Lanzado el satélite SMILE de China y la ESA para estudiar la interacción entre el Sol y la Tierra

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: en.killbait.com/smile-satellit

    #astronomy #smilesatellite #solarwind #ea...

  3. MAVEN Detects Rare Atmospheric Effect on Mars

    New observations from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft reveal that the Zwan-Wolf effect — a…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #Atmosphere #AU #Australia #Ionosphere #Magnetosphere #Mars #MAVEN #NASA #planet #SolarSystem #Solarwind #Sun #Zwan-Wolfeffect
    newsbeep.com/au/682143/

  4. MAVEN Detects Rare Atmospheric Effect on Mars

    New observations from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft reveal that the Zwan-Wolf effect — a…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #Atmosphere #AU #Australia #Ionosphere #Magnetosphere #Mars #MAVEN #NASA #planet #SolarSystem #Solarwind #Sun #Zwan-Wolfeffect
    newsbeep.com/au/682143/

  5. RE: fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/11659794

    New #space mission #SMILE will launch today (May 19, 7:52 UTC). The #SolarWind #Magnetosphere #Ionosphere Link Explorer, a collaboration between #ESA and the #Chinese Academy of Sciences #CAS, will study #Earth‘s #magnetosphere in soft X-rays and #UV to better understand the dynamic interaction between both.

    #SpacePhysics #SolarSystem #SpaceMission

  6. RE: fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/11659794

    New #space mission #SMILE will launch today (May 19, 7:52 UTC). The #SolarWind #Magnetosphere #Ionosphere Link Explorer, a collaboration between #ESA and the #Chinese Academy of Sciences #CAS, will study #Earth‘s #magnetosphere in soft X-rays and #UV to better understand the dynamic interaction between both.

    #SpacePhysics #SolarSystem #SpaceMission

  7. RE: fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/11659794

    New #space mission #SMILE will launch today (May 19, 7:52 UTC). The #SolarWind #Magnetosphere #Ionosphere Link Explorer, a collaboration between #ESA and the #Chinese Academy of Sciences #CAS, will study #Earth‘s #magnetosphere in soft X-rays and #UV to better understand the dynamic interaction between both.

    #SpacePhysics #SolarSystem #SpaceMission

  8. RE: fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/11659794

    New #space mission #SMILE will launch today (May 19, 7:52 UTC). The #SolarWind #Magnetosphere #Ionosphere Link Explorer, a collaboration between #ESA and the #Chinese Academy of Sciences #CAS, will study #Earth‘s #magnetosphere in soft X-rays and #UV to better understand the dynamic interaction between both.

    #SpacePhysics #SolarSystem #SpaceMission

  9. RE: fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/11659794

    New #space mission #SMILE will launch today (May 19, 7:52 UTC). The #SolarWind #Magnetosphere #Ionosphere Link Explorer, a collaboration between #ESA and the #Chinese Academy of Sciences #CAS, will study #Earth‘s #magnetosphere in soft X-rays and #UV to better understand the dynamic interaction between both.

    #SpacePhysics #SolarSystem #SpaceMission

  10. When the #SolarWind interacts with charged particles in the upper Martian #atmosphere, a long magnetic tail forms and extends behind #Mars.

    NASA’s #MAVEN probe has shown that this #magnetotail is particularly dynamic: it twists, shifts, ... #Flapping phenomena have also been observed by the Chinese Tianwen-1 orbiter.

    Researchers suggest that the flapping of Mars magnetotail should result from magnetic #reconnexion : eos.org/research-spotlights/wh

  11. When the #SolarWind interacts with charged particles in the upper Martian #atmosphere, a long magnetic tail forms and extends behind #Mars.

    NASA’s #MAVEN probe has shown that this #magnetotail is particularly dynamic: it twists, shifts, ... #Flapping phenomena have also been observed by the Chinese Tianwen-1 orbiter.

    Researchers suggest that the flapping of Mars magnetotail should result from magnetic #reconnexion : eos.org/research-spotlights/wh

  12. When the #SolarWind interacts with charged particles in the upper Martian #atmosphere, a long magnetic tail forms and extends behind #Mars.

    NASA’s #MAVEN probe has shown that this #magnetotail is particularly dynamic: it twists, shifts, ... #Flapping phenomena have also been observed by the Chinese Tianwen-1 orbiter.

    Researchers suggest that the flapping of Mars magnetotail should result from magnetic #reconnexion : eos.org/research-spotlights/wh

  13. When the #SolarWind interacts with charged particles in the upper Martian #atmosphere, a long magnetic tail forms and extends behind #Mars.

    NASA’s #MAVEN probe has shown that this #magnetotail is particularly dynamic: it twists, shifts, ... #Flapping phenomena have also been observed by the Chinese Tianwen-1 orbiter.

    Researchers suggest that the flapping of Mars magnetotail should result from magnetic #reconnexion : eos.org/research-spotlights/wh

  14. When the #SolarWind interacts with charged particles in the upper Martian #atmosphere, a long magnetic tail forms and extends behind #Mars.

    NASA’s #MAVEN probe has shown that this #magnetotail is particularly dynamic: it twists, shifts, ... #Flapping phenomena have also been observed by the Chinese Tianwen-1 orbiter.

    Researchers suggest that the flapping of Mars magnetotail should result from magnetic #reconnexion : eos.org/research-spotlights/wh

  15. First Proba-3 science: surprisingly speedy solar wind

    Science & Exploration 13/04/2026 1045 views 27 likes Since July 2025, the European Space Agency’s pair of Proba-3 satellites has…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #coronagraph #Proba-3 #SolarWind #Sun
    newsbeep.com/us/582785/

  16. First Proba-3 science: surprisingly speedy solar wind

    Science & Exploration 13/04/2026 1045 views 27 likes Since July 2025, the European Space Agency’s pair of Proba-3 satellites has…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #coronagraph #Proba-3 #SolarWind #Sun
    newsbeep.com/us/582785/

  17. First Proba-3 science: surprisingly speedy solar wind

    Science & Exploration 13/04/2026 801 views 17 likes Since July 2025, the European Space Agency’s pair of Proba-3 satellites has…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #coronagraph #Proba-3 #Science #Solarwind #Sun
    newsbeep.com/au/604468/

  18. First Proba-3 science: surprisingly speedy solar wind

    Science & Exploration 13/04/2026 801 views 17 likes Since July 2025, the European Space Agency’s pair of Proba-3 satellites has…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #coronagraph #Proba-3 #Science #Solarwind #Sun
    newsbeep.com/au/604468/

  19. Red, green... and sometimes even blue #aurorae visible at mid-latitudes! A rare spectacle, evidence of an intense episode of #spaceweather.

    Green and red auroras result from interactions between the #SolarWind and atmospheric #oxygen molecules. Much rarer, blue emissions are caused by the excitation of #nitrogen molecules. All of these phenomena reflect specific conditions in the atmosphere and the flux of incoming particles, which #SpaceWeather models must account for: irap.omp.eu/en/2026/03/a-blue-

  20. CIR SPARKS GEOMAGNETIC STORM: Earth's magnetic field is reverberating today from the impact of a #solarwind structure that many skywatchers have never heard of--a "#CIR." Short for "co-rotating interaction regions," CIRs can spark bright #aurora when they hit Earth. That's exactly what happened last night, with colorful lights sighted in both hemispheres. Spaceweather.com for more.

    Image: Auroras over New Zealand on June 16, Ian Griffin

  21. Using joint observations from the #Tianwen-1 in the #solarwind and #MAVEN in the induced #magnetosphere, Lin et al. identified a magnetic barrier between #Mars#ionosphere and shocked solar wind under the radial #IMF for the first time.

    📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2026.10

    #SpacePhysics #PlasmaPhysics #SolarSystem

  22. The Solar System May Have Passed Through Dense Interstellar Clouds 2 Million Years Ago, Altering Earth’s Climate
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    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1 <-- AAAS press release
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-022 <-- shared paper
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    “Astrophysicists calculate the likelihood that Earth was exposed to cold, harsh interstellar clouds, a phenomenon not previously considered in geologic climate models…"
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #interstellar #clouds #astrophysics #climate #climatechange #atmosphere #geologic #paleoclimate #paleoclimatology #cold #iceage #solarwind #plasmashield #heliosphere #radiation #galacticrays #DNA #model #modeling #interstallarmedium #spacephysics #atmosphericchemistry #solarsystem #spaceweather

  23. #ESA:
    "
    Smile arrives at Europe’s Spaceport
    "
    "The Smile spacecraft has arrived at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. During the coming weeks, the spacecraft will go through final preparations for its launch on a Vega-C rocket between 8 April and 7 May."

    esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp

    9.3.2026

    #CAS #CSG #Kourou #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #Smile #SpaceFlight #SolarWind #Sonnenwind #Vega #VegaC #VV29 #Weltraumwetter

  24. #ESA:
    "
    Smile approved for launch in spring 2026
    "
    "Smile has passed its qualification and flight acceptance review, meaning that it meets all requirements for launch. The launch window has been set for 8 April to 7 May 2026."

    esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp

    20.11.2025

    #CAS #China #ESTEC #Ionosphere #Magnetosphere #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #Smile #SolarWind #SpaceFlight #VegaC

  25. Earth remains under the influence of a waning high-speed #SolarWind ☀️ stream. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (#CMEs) were observed over the past 24 hours. Earth’s #geomagnetic field 🌐 was unsettled to active over the past day. earthsky.org/sun/sun-news-acti

    #SpaceWeather #RadiationProtection

  26. #SpaceWeather 📆 February 13 : The arrival of a faint coronal mass ejection (#CME) – combined with enhancements by fast #SolarWind from a coronal hole – might bring conditions for a G1 (minor) #geomagnetic storm tonight earthsky.org/sun/sun-news-acti

  27. A #Geomagnetic #Storm is a major disturbance of Earth's #Magnetosphere that occurs when there is a very efficient exchange of energy from the #SolarWind into the space environment surrounding Earth.

    knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What

  28. The Best of FYFD 2025

    Happy 2026! This will be a big year for me. I’ll be finishing up and turning in the manuscript for my first book — which flows between cutting edge research, scientists’ stories, and the societal impacts of fluid physics. It’s a culmination of 15 years of FYFD, rendered into narrative. I’m so excited to share it with you when it’s published in 2027.

    As always, though, we’ll kick off the year with a look back at some of FYFD’s most popular posts of 2025. (You can find previous editions, too, for 2024, 202320222021202020192018201720162015, and 2014.) Without further ado, here they are:

    • Charged Drops Don’t Splash
    • Strata of Starlings
    • Espresso in Slow-Mo
    • The Incredible Engineering of the Alhambra
    • Uranus Emits More Than Thought1
    • Kolmogorov Turbulence
    • Bow Shock Instability
    • How Particles Affect Melting Ice
    • The Puquios System of Nazca
    • Cooling Tower Demolition
    • A Glimpse of the Solar Wind
    • Bubbling Up
    • A Sprite From Orbit
    • Cornflower Roots Growing
    • How Sunflowers Follow the Sun

    What a great bunch of topics! I’m especially happy to see so many research and research-adjacent posts were popular. And a couple of history-related posts; I don’t write those too often, but I love them for showing just how wide-ranging fluid physics can be.

    Interested in keeping up with FYFD in 2026? There are lots of ways to follow along so that you don’t miss a post.

    And if you enjoy FYFD, please remember that it’s a reader-supported website. I don’t run ads, and it’s been years since my last sponsored post. You can help support the site by becoming a patronbuying some merch, or simply by sharing on social media. And if you find yourself struggling to remember to check the website, remember you can get FYFD in your inbox every two weeks with our newsletter. Happy New Year!

    (Image credits: droplet – F. Yu et al., starlings – K. Cooper, espresso – YouTube/skunkay, fountain – Primal Space, Uranus – NASA, turbulence – C. Amores and M. Graham, capsule – A. Álvarez and A. Lozano-Duran, melting ice – S. Bootsma et al., puquios – Wikimedia, cooling towers – BBC, solar wind – NASA/APL/NRL, Lake Baikal – K. Makeeva, sprite – NASA, roots – W. van Egmond, sunflowers – Deep Look)

    1. I know what I did. ↩︎
    #biology #bowShock #espresso #flowVisualization #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #history #ice #melting #physics #plants #science #shockwave #solarWind #splashes #sprite #turbulence #Uranus
  29. Hello, here’s my #Mastodon #introduction: I’m a #space #plasma #physicist, working at Queen Mary University of London #QMUL, studying #solarwind #plasma #turbulence, and related #things. I’m also a #UKRI Future Leaders Fellow #UKRIFLF. Involved in space missions such as #NASA #ParkerSolarProbe.

  30. @SnowshadowII nuclear power is another scam, like #CarbonCapture. We need to get away from the drill-and-burn caveman-type of energy generation. #NuclearPower simply preserves monopolists' control of the energy markets. The most sustainable way to generate power is locally and in a distributed way. Every industry and ever home needs to be 100% self sufficient, no power lines needed (except locally). Stop mining, ban drilling, and jack up costs of greenhouse gas emissions to regulate pollution out of business... Unfortunately, at least in the US, voters seem to be more concerned about migrants eating pets and children getting sex change surgery in schools than the worsening #ClimateBreakdown
    - #WTFisWrongWithUS #SuchStupidity #MicroGrid #SolarWind #SolarPV #SolarPowerIsFreedom

  31. COMING UP: the next lecture in our public lecture series “Im Feuerwerk der Sonne”. On Thursday, March 12th, at 7 PM, learn all about the #SolarWind including new research results. In German. More here: mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk-der-so ☀️🔭
    #Sun #SpaceWeather @thegoecampus

  32. COMING UP: the next lecture in our public lecture series “Im Feuerwerk der Sonne”. On Thursday, March 12th, at 7 PM, learn all about the #SolarWind including new research results. In German. More here: www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk... ☀️🔭 #Sun #SpaceWeather @[email protected]

  33. Dinge, die mich seit meiner privaten #Energiewende nicht mehr interessieren:

    Diesel- und Gaspreise 🛢🔥

    Das Rezept ist denkbar einfach:

    ➡️ fahrt elektrisch 🔋🚗👍🏻

    ➡️ heizt elektrisch ⚡️♨️👍🏻

    ➡️ macht den Strom selbst 🌞🏡👍🏻

    #waermewende #iran #USA #FossilLobby #fossilfuels #Dubai #libanon #waermepumpe #eauto #PVbuddies #pv #solar #SolarWind

  34. In recent years, the #ParkerSolarProbe and #SolarOrbiter probes have delivered a wealth of data about our #Sun, its surface—precisely where the #SolarWind originates. The ubiquitous presence of #plasma jets and magnetic field reversals suggests that a significant portion of the wind forms through dynamic processes involving magnetic #reconnection and transient energy releases.

    This Thursday, Alexis Rouillard will review recent research on the dynamics of the solar wind: irap.omp.eu/event/the-tempestu

  35. [#Magnetic reconnection] In the Earth's space environment, it connects the interplanetary and terrestrial magnetic fields, allowing #plasma from the #SolarWind to penetrate the #magnetosphere, which is otherwise confined.

    The use of machine learning algorithms has enabled the analysis of 20 years of data measured in situ by four different space missions in the Earth's magnetosphere... and confirmed the necessary speed of the magnetic reconnection process: irap.omp.eu/en/2026/01/magneti

  36. Earth's Magnetic Shield Protecting The Planet From A Pelting By The Solar Wind
    See how the sun's energy drives a remarkable planetary engine, the climate
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    youtu.be/6hD52H7rQak?si=OBGYbK <-- shared video
    --
    [‘cannibalising’ (sic) my own post (!) to bring attention to this outstanding video visualisation and overview, science education/explanation at its finest!; narrated so well (of course!) by #liamneeson !!]
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #structuralgeology #magneticfield #SouthAtlanticAnomaly #SAA #spaceweather #geomagnetism #risk #hazard #hardening #magneticfieldstrength #protection #CME #coronalmassejection #sun #solar #solarwind #visualisation #visualization #education #scienceeducation #overview #explanation
    #NASA

  37. RE: mastodon.social/@theperpetuall

    Auroras do not sit at the poles. They form in oval zones between about 65° and 75° geomagnetic latitude, and during strong storms these ovals can expand toward the equator. ✨

    Why do these ovals widen during storms? ↓ Explore more in the article

    #SolarWind #Aurora #AuroraBorealis #Science #SpaceWeather #Space #TPC8

  38. Wanna see an amazing uninterrupted multi-day timelapse of the plasma tail of comet #Lemmon blowing the #SolarWind in October/November? It's happening in the #PUNCH video embedded in the press release science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/2 - and see also youtube.com/watch?v=6Kk05oIEeJ0 for a version with constellation lines.

  39. Shining in the Sky

    Shades of blue, green, and purple light the Icelandic sky in this image from December 2023. Incoming solar wind particles hit oxygen and nitrogen atoms high in the atmosphere, exciting their electrons and creating this distinctive glow. We’re currently near the peak of our Sun’s 11-year solar cycle, meaning that high numbers of sunspots and outbursts will continue, likely giving us more stunning auroras like this one. (Image credit: J. Zhang; via APOD)

    An aurora in shades of blue, green, and purple.

    P.S. – This post–this one right here–is FYFD’s 4000th post! When I started this blog back in 2010 as a graduate student, I never imagined that I would have so much to write about the physics of fluids. But this subject is one that just keeps on giving, so I keep on writing. Thanks for joining the fun! – Nicole

    #aurora #fluidDynamics #magnetohydrodynamics #physics #plasma #science #solarWind

  40. 🌞 The solar wind is a stream of charged particles from the Sun’s corona.
    🌍 Earth’s magnetic field deflects most, but some are funneled toward the poles. The result is shimmering auroras in green and violet, Earth’s luminous signature of space weather.

    ✍️ Explore the science & FAQs:
    TPC8.short.gy/XHvZuUqp

    🔆 Where the Sun’s breath meets Earth’s shield, the sky writes its story in light.

    #SolarWind #Aurora #SpaceWeather #Magnetosphere #Sun #Earth #Plasma #Space #Astrophysics #Cosmos #TPC8