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2024

  1. : Ion motion in focus when a comet transforms from hibernating to active
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  3. : Doctoral thesis nailed by Anja Möslinger
  4. : New study in Nature uncovers unexpected interaction between Mars and the solar wind
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  7. : Juice towards the first of its kind Moon-Earth flyby – Swedish instruments in operation
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  9. : New research on one of the Universe’s most efficient particle accelerators – collisionless shocks
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  12. : Meet IRF’s employees!
  13. : A new mentor programme for Woman in Space Sweden
  14. : New Study Reveals Breakthrough Findings on Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence in Near-Earth Space
  15. : Scientific article in Eos about last years sounding rocket experiment
  16. : Swedish Institute of Space Physics launches aurora app for Kiruna
  17. : Louis Richard nailed his doctoral thesis – focus on energy conversion and particle acceleration

2023

  1. : Saturn is eating its D ring – resulting in a complex upper atmosphere
  2. : What is ALIS_4D and what is a all-sky camera?
  3. : IRF instruments for potential future mission to either Mars or Earth’s Orbit
  4. : Joshua Dreyer nailed his doctoral thesis – material from Saturn’s D ring in focus
  5. : Jesper Fredriksson focuses on instruments in extreme space environments at Space Rendezvous
  6. : 114 doctoral theses during the years 1963-2022
  7. : Now the adventure in space has began for the Swedish instrument Particle Environment Package on board Juice
  8. : The Radio & Plasma Wave Investigation (RPWI) instrument on the ESA JUICE spacecraft has successfully deployed all its sensors.
  9. : Successful launch of the Juice spacecraft!
  10. : IRF scientists in the media – experiment with a sounding rocket
  11. : Successful scientific experiment with sounding rocket for space scientists in Kiruna in collaboration with SSC Esrange
  12. : Due to wind condition canceled launch of sounding rocket from Esrange – new attempt on March 13
  13. : IRF’s space scientists answer questions about the scientific experiment
  14. : Space scientists in Kiruna will use sounding rocket to create colorful clouds for aurora studies

2022

  1. : A new study uncovers the missing link between ULF waves in the foreshock and the magnetosphere
  2. : New research reveals space debris, invisible meteors and near-Earth asteroids
  3. : IRF studies plasma shock waves as part of the EU H2020 SHARP project
  4. : Swedish space instrument will study the Moon on board a Turkish spacecraft
  5. : New research explains physical processes of Mars and Venus plasma environments
  6. : Solar Orbiter has captured the first image of a magnetic field reversal
  7. : Waves in space affect the key process that creates solar storms
  8. : New research reveals how current is limited in space
  9. : The Japanese Ambassador Noke Masaki visited IRF
  10. : Doctoral thesis reveals the technology behind a space instrument built to study Jupiter
  11. : Doctoral thesis “nailed” by Philipp Wittmann
  12. : IRF scientist participate in a popular science webinar – theme aurora borealis
  13. : Unique particle instrument tailored for the harsh Jovian environment

2021

  1. : Sofia Bergman’s research gives scientists an opportunity to study low-energy ions
  2. : Women in space – Hayley live from Kiruna
  3. : The Indian Ambassador Tanmaya Lal visited IRF
  4. : The British Ambassador Judith Gough visited IRF
  5. : The first Swedish scientific results from Solar Orbiter
  6. : IRF scientist Peter Wintoft about space weather during Innovation Days
  7. : ALIS_4D: the unique measurement system for studies of the northern lights
  8. : Meet IRF’s new doctoral student Ida
  9. : Exciting things are ongoing at IRF SpaceLab in Kiruna
  10. : Lack of UV brings new understanding of cometary dust into light

2020

  1. : Sounding rocket will create colorful clouds for aurora studies
  2. : Video shows the development of the Jupiter sensor JNA
  3. : 20 years since IRF’s nanosatellite Munin was launched
  4. : Unique tests available at Sweden’s IRF SpaceLab
  5. : Swedish space instrument participates in the search for life around Jupiter
  6. : New findings: Surprisingly little water has escaped to space from Venus
  7. : Moa Persson nailed her doctoral thesis and won the prize for best poster
  8. : Swedish space technology ready to explore oceans under the ice on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
  9. : Swedish Institute of Space Physics return to Venus on Indian space mission
  10. : Young IRF scientist awarded a Zeldovich Medal
  11. : It’s time for mechanical tests
  12. : The Swedish Institute of Space Physics participates in a 10 million Euro research infrastructure to support planetary science
  13. : Twisted radio beams in space reveal unique properties of black holes
  14. : Swedish Institute of Space Physics one step closer to the edge of the Solar System
  15. : IRF receives 32 million SEK from the Swedish National Space Agency

More news items

2019
  1. : Magnetic storms – a window to the past
  2. : Invoicing – e-invoice
  3. : Cluster spacecraft reveals new insights into the inner workings of the Earth’s natural particle accelerator
  4. : Swedish space pioneer Bengt Hultqvist has passed away
  5. : Swedish instrument has landed on the Moon
2018
  1. : Water plumes on Europa: tasting an extraterrestrial ocean
  2. : Multi-satellite space mission encounters magnetic reconnection in the Earth’s magnetotail
  3. : Observations of noctilucent clouds from a stratospheric balloon
  4. : IRF researcher measures turbulence in the magnetic environment round the Earth
2017
  1. : Mars’ atmosphere well protected from the solar wind
2004
  1. : Kiruna Goes to the Moon
  2. : Outstanding Swedish research results from the Cluster satellites in the Earth’s magnetosphere
  3. : Erosion of the Martian atmosphere by the solar wind – article in Science
  4. : Swedish ASPERA-3 on board Mars Express is healthy and beginning to produce its first exciting scientific results
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