SPEARS Space Plasma Environment and Radio Science

Our science

NASA's THEMIS spacecraft (Image credit: NASA)

Our science concerns the space plasma environment stretching from the surface of the Sun to the upper atmosphere of the Earth and other planets. This research probes the fundamental physics underpinning the space environment of the solar system. It also enables the application-oriented research into space weather required by high technology infrastructure both on and above the surface of the Earth. Lancaster space scientists develop and deploy state-of-the-art experiments in the UK and inside the Arctic circle. These experiments, along with measurements from the latest international space missions, allow us to study the detailed physics of plasma interactions within our solar system.