Magnetosphere of Saturn

An artist’s concept of the Saturnian plasma sheet based on data from the Cassini observations. Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (NASA/JPL/JHUAPL)

We send scientific instruments into space or on the ground to investigate the space plasma environment around the Earth and other planets in the Solar system. Below you can read about our different research subjects.

Planetary Magnetospheres

Planetary Ionospheres

Plasma processes at Comet

Plasma turbulence

Space Weather

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