Researchers identified two main forms of gamma rays: terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs), which are brief but intense bursts ...

Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth's atmosphere, NASA's ER-2 aircraft is the agency's highest-flying airborne ...

NASA's modified U-2 spy plane, the ER-2, is conducting geological surveys ... Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico - for the next three years, together with a modified Gulfstream V also fitted with ...

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Researchers using NASA airborne platforms have now found a new kind of gamma-ray emission ... a battery of detectors aboard a NASA ER-2 research aircraft. In July 2023, the ER-2 set out on a ...

Recent findings indicate that gamma-ray emissions from thunderstorms are far more complex and dynamic than previously understood, thanks to observations of new phenomena like Flickering Gamma-Ray ...

A 2014 photo shows a massive, iceberg-littered pool of vibrant blue meltwater sitting alone on top of a glacier in Alaska.

AN experimental Nasa airplane that "quietly" flies faster than the speed of sound could zoom from London to New York in ... of the aircraft from Lockheed Martin. Phase 2: Acoustic Validation ...

NRL designed and built the iSTORM instrument, which is shown integrated into the pod of the NASA ER-2. (Photo provided by Daniel Shy) ...

Most tropical lightning storms are RADIOACTIVE, reveals new research ... The team secured the use of a NASA ER-2 High-Altitude Airborne Science Aircraft. It flies over twice as high as commercial ...

Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey have developed a new method to measure ocean depth in shallow, near-shore environments. NASA Earth Observatory ... Land Imager-2 sensors on the Landsat ...