Pingie: HTTP:: New Energy Transfer Mode Found in Upper Atmosphere

HTTP:: New Energy Transfer Mode Found in Upper Atmosphere
--------
Experts at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have recently uncovered a previously unknown mode of energy transfer in the planet's upper atmosphere, between solar winds and the Earth's magnetosphere shield. According to the team, the find may have vast implications in the field of designing and constructing safer spacecraft, for operations at high altitudes, at the limits between the atmosphere and outer space.“It's like something else is heating the atmosphere besides the sun. This discovery is like finding it got hotter when the sun went down,” UCLA Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Larry Lyons explains. He is also a co-author of two new papers detailing the finds, published as companion papers in the respected Journal of Geophysical Research. Solar winds and radiation are the two main things emanating from the Sun. The winds are made up of streams of ionized particles, which create a highly magnetized region known as the magnetosphere as t!
hey approach the Earth. The magnetosphere is, arguably, the biggest asset this planet has, in that it is the only thing standing between us and deadly cosmic radiation. These emissions are kept at bay by the action of this atmospheric layer, which takes up much of their energy, and converts dan...
--------
http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Energy-Transfer-Mode-Found-in-Upper-Atmosphere-121456.shtml
--------
This e-mail was sent by Experiment23 Inc., located in New York, NY
10163. To not receive further e-mails, please visit
http://help.pingie.com