Accurate estimation of the ionosphere is essential for reliable Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning, timing, and space weather applications. A key challenge lies in converting slant ...

A plan to use millions of smartphones to map out real-time variations in Earth’s ionosphere has been tested by researchers in the US. Developed by Brian Williams and colleagues at Google Research in ...

With ESA’s Mars Express, scientists continue to gain new insight into the mysterious Martian environment. Some of the most exciting results are being sent back by the MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for ...

GREENBELT, Md. - Today, at the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colo., NASA-funded researchers released to the general public a new “4D” live model of Earth’s ionosphere. Without leaving home, ...

That ordinary smartphone in your pocket could be a powerful tool for investigating outer space. In a new study, researchers at Google and CU Boulder have transformed millions of Android phones across ...

Although Mars is sometimes described as the most Earth-like of all the planets, there are many differences between the two worlds that scientists are trying to understand. One of the less familiar ...

Phone-based maps outperform the traditional Klobuchar ionospheric model globally Underserved regions like Africa benefit from enhanced ionosphere data Geomagnetic storms are tracked with high ...