THEMIS E/PO : News and Events

Featured Articles

What is THEMIS? (PDF Format - 591KB) - March 2003	THEMIS Fact Sheet (PDF Format - 428KB) - 2006
Revised THEMIS Lithograph (PDF Format - 358KB) - September 2006

2009 News Articles

An Observation Linking the Origin of Plasmaspheric Hiss to Discrete Chorus Emissions (Science article, PDF - 3MB) - May 8, 2009	The Origin of Plasmaspheric Hiss (Science article, PDF - 317kB) - May 8, 2009
Cosmic chorus fills the Earth's magnetic field with a mysterious "hiss" (Story from Yahoo! News, PDF - 31kB) - May 8, 2009	Earth's Magnetic Field Hisses Due to Distant "Chorus" (National Geographic News, PDF - 22kB) - May 7, 2009
"Singing" Electrons Protect and Threaten Your TV and GPS (NASA Press release) - May 7, 2009	“Space tornadoes” cause Northern Lights, claim scientists (An article published in Sindh Today, PDF - 29kB) - April 24, 2009
Giant space tornadoes create Earth's auroras (An article from www.newscientist.com, PDF - 159kB) - April 23, 2009	New Finding Shows Super-Huge Space Tornados Power the Auroras (An article from www.universetoday.com, PDF - 340kB) - April 23, 2009
THEMIS satellite tracks electrical tornadoes in space (An article from PhysOrg.com, PDF - 22.2kB) - April 23, 2009	Electricity Measured Inside Space Tornadoes (An article from www.space.com, PDF - 88kB) - April 23, 2009

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aurora
auroral band
auroral eruptions
Cal Day
GEMS
GEONS
magnetometer
preliminary design review
substorm

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Related Links

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Kennedy Space Center -
THEMIS launch event

Native Village News 2004 -
THEMIS magnetometer program on the Pine Ridge Reservation

Solar and Space Physics and Its Role in Space Exploration (2004) -
THEMIS section

Lawrence Hall of Science GEMS Program -
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The Holt Planetarium -
At the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley