A groundbreaking X-ray imager is on its way to revolutionize our understanding of Earth's magnetic defenses. This ...

Firefly Aerospace's soon-to-launch Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA better understand our home planet, and how it responds to space weather.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander caught haunting images of Earth while preparing to make its way towards lunar ...

NASA’s LEXI to study Earth’s magnetosphere with X-ray technology LEXI mission explores solar wind’s impact on Earth’s protective shield LEXI will help predict geomagnetic storms affecting satellites ...

Upon landing on the moon's surface, the instrument will power ... "We expect to see the magnetosphere breathing out and breathing in, for the first time," Hyunju Connor, an astrophysicist at ...

This innovative X-ray instrument uses nine lobster-eye micropore optical elements to monitor how solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetosphere. Positioned on the moon, LEXI will provide a ...

Understanding chorus waves is vital, as they create fast-moving, highly energetic electrons (known as killer electrons) that ...

Before Neil Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind," NASA staged a series of missions that paved the way for his team's ...

we are looking at scientific investigations ranging from characterizing Earth’s magnetosphere to understanding the structure, composition, and thermal properties of the Moon’s interior ...

and timing around the moon. X-ray imaging of Earth’s magnetosphere will gauge how solar wind affects its magnetic field to better inform weather predictions, GPS protection, and satellite ...

one of which requires the collecting of Moon dust to measure radiation on the lunar surface. Another will observe Earth's magnetic field, also known as the magnetosphere, and how it interacts with ...