Science News for Kids » ions http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Surprise ions http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/02/surprise-ions/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/02/surprise-ions/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:53:17 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=11912 clusterinspace

A high-flying satellite reveals a crowd of charged particles in the magnetosphere]]> clusterinspace

A high-flying satellite reveals a crowd of charged particles in the magnetosphere]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/02/surprise-ions/feed/ 0 Tsunami’s trek traced in the sky http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/07/tsunami%e2%80%99s-trek-traced-in-the-sky/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/07/tsunami%e2%80%99s-trek-traced-in-the-sky/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:44:34 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=6595 The red and green glowing lights in this picture are “airglow” in the Earth’s ionosphere. (This photo was taken from a space shuttle, visible at left.) The March tsunami that wreaked havoc on Japan produced similar atmospheric, glowing ripples.

Scientists photograph atmospheric ripples that followed the March tsunami across the Pacific]]> The red and green glowing lights in this picture are “airglow” in the Earth’s ionosphere. (This photo was taken from a space shuttle, visible at left.) The March tsunami that wreaked havoc on Japan produced similar atmospheric, glowing ripples.

Scientists photograph atmospheric ripples that followed the March tsunami across the Pacific]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/07/tsunami%e2%80%99s-trek-traced-in-the-sky/feed/ 0