Scientists at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) are now presenting their first scientific results from the space probe Solar Orbiter, which studies the Sun and the solar wind close up. The results are published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics special issue on Solar Orbiter. The European Space Agency ESA and the National…
Recently, IRF scientist Peter Wintoft participated in Innovation Days in Lund to talk about space weather. The organizer Ideon Science Park broadcast the days, which included speakers on the theme of space and space technology. Now you can see Peter’s presentation. Starts after about 1:45:40 min. Peters PowerPoint
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position to study kinetic processes responsible for the heating and acceleration of the solar wind plasma. These processes will be investigated in different types solar wind streams as well as during solar storms. The work involves analysis and interpretation of high-resolution measurements at varying heliocentric distances made by the…
In mid-April, IRF closed the five unique northern lights measuring stations for this season. In mid-September, the nights are dark again and the camera system is reactivated. The measuring stations are located 50 km apart in a grid and contain light-sensitive cameras that are designed to study specific colors (wavelengths) in the northern lights. IRF’s…
In February, 25-year-old Ida Svenningsson from Lund started as a doctoral student at IRF’s office in Uppsala. She most recently came from studies at Chalmers University of Technology. What will your doctoral studies be about? I will mainly use observed data from MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission), a spacecraft that since 2015 orbits Earth in a…
Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) is looking for an Electronics engineer with a focus on RF-technology. Are you interested in electronics and RF-technology? Do you want exciting and variated tasks? Do you want to be involved in strengthening and developing technical competence in auroral and space-weather research? If so, we have a place that…
Europlanet 2024 – Infrastructure for Scientific Research The Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI) provides free access to the world’s largest collection of planetary simulation and analysis facilities, data services and tools, a ground-based observational network and programme of community support activities. The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) takes part in the project by the…