Scientists propose StormWall satellites for solar storm defense (opens in new tab)

Researchers from Boston University have proposed a space-weather defense system called StormWall that would use spacecraft to release material into Earth's magnetosphere when a dangerous solar storm is headed toward the planet. The concept, described in a paper published June 2 in Space Weather, aims to interfere with magnetic reconnection, the process that lets solar-wind energy enter near-Earth space and intensify geomagnetic storms. Under the design described in the articles, six spacecraf...