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2025

    2024

    1. : Ion motion in focus when a comet transforms from hibernating to active
    2. : Doctoral thesis nailed by Anja Möslinger
    3. : New study in Nature uncovers unexpected interaction between Mars and the solar wind
    4. : Juice towards the first of its kind Moon-Earth flyby – Swedish instruments in operation
    5. : New research on one of the Universe’s most efficient particle accelerators – collisionless shocks
    6. : Meet IRF’s employees!
    7. : A new mentor programme for Woman in Space Sweden
    8. : New Study Reveals Breakthrough Findings on Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence in Near-Earth Space
    9. : Scientific article in Eos about last years sounding rocket experiment
    10. : Swedish Institute of Space Physics launches aurora app for Kiruna
    11. : Louis Richard nailed his doctoral thesis – focus on energy conversion and particle acceleration

    2023

    1. : Saturn is eating its D ring – resulting in a complex upper atmosphere
    2. : What is ALIS_4D and what is a all-sky camera?
    3. : IRF instruments for potential future mission to either Mars or Earth’s Orbit
    4. : Joshua Dreyer nailed his doctoral thesis – material from Saturn’s D ring in focus
    5. : Jesper Fredriksson focuses on instruments in extreme space environments at Space Rendezvous
    6. : 114 doctoral theses during the years 1963-2022
    7. : Now the adventure in space has began for the Swedish instrument Particle Environment Package on board Juice
    8. : The Radio & Plasma Wave Investigation (RPWI) instrument on the ESA JUICE spacecraft has successfully deployed all its sensors.
    9. : Successful launch of the Juice spacecraft!
    10. : IRF scientists in the media – experiment with a sounding rocket
    11. : Successful scientific experiment with sounding rocket for space scientists in Kiruna in collaboration with SSC Esrange
    12. : Due to wind condition canceled launch of sounding rocket from Esrange – new attempt on March 13
    13. : IRF’s space scientists answer questions about the scientific experiment
    14. : Space scientists in Kiruna will use sounding rocket to create colorful clouds for aurora studies

    2022

    1. : A new study uncovers the missing link between ULF waves in the foreshock and the magnetosphere
    2. : New research reveals space debris, invisible meteors and near-Earth asteroids
    3. : IRF studies plasma shock waves as part of the EU H2020 SHARP project
    4. : Swedish space instrument will study the Moon on board a Turkish spacecraft
    5. : New research explains physical processes of Mars and Venus plasma environments
    6. : Solar Orbiter has captured the first image of a magnetic field reversal
    7. : Waves in space affect the key process that creates solar storms
    8. : New research reveals how current is limited in space
    9. : The Japanese Ambassador Noke Masaki visited IRF
    10. : Doctoral thesis reveals the technology behind a space instrument built to study Jupiter
    11. : Doctoral thesis “nailed” by Philipp Wittmann
    12. : IRF scientist participate in a popular science webinar – theme aurora borealis
    13. : Unique particle instrument tailored for the harsh Jovian environment

    2021

    1. : Sofia Bergman’s research gives scientists an opportunity to study low-energy ions
    2. : Women in space – Hayley live from Kiruna
    3. : The Indian Ambassador Tanmaya Lal visited IRF
    4. : The British Ambassador Judith Gough visited IRF
    5. : The first Swedish scientific results from Solar Orbiter
    6. : IRF scientist Peter Wintoft about space weather during Innovation Days
    7. : ALIS_4D: the unique measurement system for studies of the northern lights
    8. : Meet IRF’s new doctoral student Ida
    9. : Exciting things are ongoing at IRF SpaceLab in Kiruna
    10. : Lack of UV brings new understanding of cometary dust into light

    More news items

    2020
    1. : Sounding rocket will create colorful clouds for aurora studies
    2. : Video shows the development of the Jupiter sensor JNA
    3. : 20 years since IRF’s nanosatellite Munin was launched
    4. : Unique tests available at Sweden’s IRF SpaceLab
    5. : Swedish space instrument participates in the search for life around Jupiter
    6. : New findings: Surprisingly little water has escaped to space from Venus
    7. : Moa Persson nailed her doctoral thesis and won the prize for best poster
    8. : Swedish space technology ready to explore oceans under the ice on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
    9. : Swedish Institute of Space Physics return to Venus on Indian space mission
    10. : Young IRF scientist awarded a Zeldovich Medal
    11. : It’s time for mechanical tests
    12. : The Swedish Institute of Space Physics participates in a 10 million Euro research infrastructure to support planetary science
    13. : Twisted radio beams in space reveal unique properties of black holes
    14. : Swedish Institute of Space Physics one step closer to the edge of the Solar System
    15. : IRF receives 32 million SEK from the Swedish National Space Agency
    2019
    1. : Magnetic storms – a window to the past
    2. : Invoicing – e-invoice
    3. : Cluster spacecraft reveals new insights into the inner workings of the Earth’s natural particle accelerator
    4. : Swedish space pioneer Bengt Hultqvist has passed away
    5. : Swedish instrument has landed on the Moon
    2018
    1. : Water plumes on Europa: tasting an extraterrestrial ocean
    2. : Multi-satellite space mission encounters magnetic reconnection in the Earth’s magnetotail
    3. : Observations of noctilucent clouds from a stratospheric balloon
    4. : IRF researcher measures turbulence in the magnetic environment round the Earth
    2017
    1. : Mars’ atmosphere well protected from the solar wind
    2004
    1. : Kiruna Goes to the Moon
    2. : Outstanding Swedish research results from the Cluster satellites in the Earth’s magnetosphere
    3. : Erosion of the Martian atmosphere by the solar wind – article in Science
    4. : Swedish ASPERA-3 on board Mars Express is healthy and beginning to produce its first exciting scientific results
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