The THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) mission is NASA's five-satellite mission whose prime science objective is to measure the trigger mechanism and dynamics of substorms, explosive energy releases in near-Earth space that create spectacular eruptions of the auroras.
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Cluster data has helped provide scientists with a new view of magnetospheric processes, challenging existing theories about magnetic substorms that cause aurorae and perturbations in GPS signals.
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State Street Dance Studio, located at 9 North Fourth Street in Geneva, along with Curator and Artistic Producer John Schmitz, will be presenting Stars of Chicago Dance Explosion! at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora on Saturday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m.
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Armed with all-new material, the reigning king of one-man shows on the Broadway stage—the irascible, irreplaceable and incomparable Jackie Mason—is about to bring his 8th one-man comedy tour de force, Jackie Mason - The Ultimate Jew to the Paramount Theatre on Saturday, October 6 at 8 p.m. Following the performance Jackie Mason will hold a book signing for all in attendance.
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Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, the Grammy and Emmy Award-winning “first couple” of American popular music, bring their stylish mix of contemporary hits and enduring standards to the Paramount Theatre for two shows only, on Friday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, October 27 at 3 p.m.
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With more than 45 performances to choose from, the Paramount Theatre is thrilled to announce the 2007-2008 season featuring a line-up filled with star entertainers both familiar and new, world-class Broadway, cutting-edge performances, hilarious comedic talents and much more!
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Cluster is providing new insights into the working of a 'space tsunami' that plays a role in disrupting the calm and beautiful aurora, or northern lights, creating patterns of auroral dances in the sky.
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ESA's Rosetta and NASA's New Horizons are working together in their joint campaign to observe Jupiter. A preliminary analysis of the data from Rosetta's Alice ultraviolet spectrometer indicates that the data quality is excellent and that good science is expected to follow.
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It may have been 40 degrees below zero at the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska, but aurora and weather came together one recent winter night in a perfect match for Clemson University researchers and students who launched four rockets to study heat in the upper atmosphere.
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Instruments known as solid-state telescopes (SSTs), built with detectors fabricated at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and carried aboard the recently launched THEMIS mission, have delivered their first data on how charged particles in the solar wind interact with Earth's magnetic field to shape the planet's magnetosphere.
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Dell Invites Customers to Share Memorabilia for Future Loved Ones in a First-Ever "Video Time Capsule."
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MI Developments Inc. today announced that, on a consolidated basis, it will record a non-cash asset impairment charge, net of income taxes, of approximately US$59.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2006 from the racing operations of Magna Entertainment Corp., a publicly-traded subsidiary of MID.
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