A new robot, the Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI), will launch on January 15th aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Lander. Upon landing on the moon's surface, LEXI will capture images of Earth's magnetic field for six days, detecting low-energy X-rays reflecting from its surface. This will provide valuable insights into how space particles interact with Earth's magnetosphere.
The ultimate action-packed science and technology magazine bursting with exciting information about the universeEngaging articles, amazing illustrations & exclusive interviewsA new robot is set to capture the first global images of Earth's magnetic field"breathing" in and out from the surface of the moon,
Upon landing on the moon's surface, the instrument will power on before directing its gaze back to Earth for six days, collecting images of our planet's magnetic field by detecting low-energy X-rays reflecting from its surface.."When the solar wind is very strong, the magnetosphere will shrink and push backward toward Earth, and then expand when the solar wind weakens.
"We want to understand how nature behaves," Connor said,"and by understanding this we can help protect our infrastructure in space."While this month's voyage is the first time LEXI, or any detector, will capture a full picture of Earth's magnetosphere, it isn't the instrument's first trip into space. In 2012, LEXI, then named STORM , launched into space aboard a sounding rocket to collect X-ray images before falling back to Earth.
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