ASIM in the mediaFri 05 Feb 2021, 10:17Media page of the Birkeland Centre for Space Science, with links to international stories about ASIM and the research results coming out of the ASIM/ASDC project |
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AGU/EOS spotlight: Observations from Space and Ground Reveal Clues About LightningThu 17 Jun 2021, 15:23The American Geophysical Union journal EOS (Earth and Space Science) News has chosen an ASIM paper by Østgaard et al. as a research spotlight for June 2021. The spotlight focusses on the ASIM work that demonstrates how TGFs are triggered by lightning leaders: "In a coordinated monitoring effort, scientists have uncovered the timing and triggering of high-energy lightning events in the sky." |
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ASIM i ForskerzonenMon 19 Apr 2021, 15:31Artikel på videnskab.dk s forskningsside, Forskerzonen, om ASIM missionen: Gå i Andreas Mogensens fodspor på jagt efter mystiske kæmpelyn |
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ESA: How space science is combating climate changeMon 19 Apr 2021, 15:25ESA web article on ASIM's link to climate change research |
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NASA releases video about LIS and ASIM on ISSMon 12 Apr 2021, 09:58NASA has made a short video about how LIS and ASIM on the ISS work together to study lightning above and below the clouds |
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Jets bleus et elfes : des chercheurs découvrent l’origine de mystérieux phénomènes lumineuxMon 15 Feb 2021, 18:27Les années lumière avec Sophie-Andrée Blondin: Radio segment from Radio Canada about ASIM, ELVEs and other TLEs. Part of their series 'Light Years' with Sophie-Andrée Blondin. In French. |
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Derfor rydder dansk forskning i voldsomme kæmpe-lyn internationale forsiderMon 15 Feb 2021, 09:54'Why Danish research sweeps the front pages': A quick video in Danmarks Radio's 'Explainer' series. This video explains why ASIM's findings about TGFs and Blue Jets are so important and ground-breaking. |
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Nasa: Blue jet space lightning spotted by scientists from the ISSFri 05 Feb 2021, 10:20BBC Newsround story about the blue jets seen by ASIM |
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Elves seen from spaceMon 25 Jan 2021, 13:19Animation of an artist's impression of lightning in clouds seen from space followed by a blue flash that lasts 10 micro seconds, a blue jet lasting 400 milliseconds and an elve generated by the blue flash that lasts for 30 microseconds. The International Space Station solar panels are shown in the foreground. |
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Genesis of blue lightning into the stratosphere detected from the International Space StationMon 25 Jan 2021, 13:16Dark clouds, the smell of rain on a hot sidewalk, the flashes of intense light followed by a loud crackling and then a low, rolling thunder – who doesn’t love a good summer thunderstorm? We’ve all seen one, heard one, or been completely soaked by one. But how much do we really know about this weather phenomenon? As a new Nature paper reports, however, the European Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) observatory on the International Space Station is helping scientists find answers. |
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Space station detectors found the source of weird ‘blue jet’ lightningFri 22 Jan 2021, 15:58Science News article by Maria Temming: A ‘blue bang’ sparks an unusual type of lightning in the upper atmosphere. Scientists have finally gotten a clear view of the spark that sets off an exotic type of lightning called a blue jet. |
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