aurora – University of Michigan Space Institute

Michigan Geospace Model Leads to Accurate Warnings Before Historic Geomagnetic Storm

Posted on May 28, 2024 (October 3, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

The Geospace model is a specific configuration of the University of Michigan’s Space Weather Modeling Framework, and was key in the creation of warnings and alerts before the historic G5 Storm that brought Aurora to every state in the U.S.

NASA advances U-M’s Mission Concept Study to photograph entire auroras from space

Posted on October 12, 2023 (November 15, 2023) by U-M Space Institute

MAAX is the Magnetosphere Auroral Asymmetry eXplorer, a pair of satellites equipped with ultraviolet cameras for creating images that completely cover the auroral ovals at each pole.