Solar Wind Pickup Ion Composition Energy Spectrometer

NASA

Tracing the Origin and Energization of Plasma in the Heliosphere

PROJECT: Solar Wind Pickup Ion Composition Energy Spectrometer (SPICES) SNAPSHOT: SPICES is a new sensor that will help scientists discover where matter originates and how it is energized throughout the solar system SPICES will measure plasma in space and trace its origin back to the Sun, planetary atmospheres, comet tails, and interstellar space. Credits: Stephen Alvey, University of Michigan Imagine…