Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission is a unique NASA mission consisting of four identical spacecraft flying in a tetrahedral formation (mostly). Each spacecraft provides high-cadence measurements of plasma parameters and magnetic fields, enabling us to resolve small-scale plasma physics processes with unprecedented accuracy.

Along with MMS data, we use state-of-the art particle-in-cell (PIC) and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to gain insights into plasma energization and transport processes.

Parker Solar Probe has flown directly into the Sun’s corona, sampling the plasma and measuring electric and magnetic fields in the solar wind very close to the Sun. 

Named after Dr. Eugene N. Parker, who  predicted the solar wind, the spacecraft provides data critical to answering key outstanding questions in solar physics: The coronal heating problem, the origins of the solar wind, and the acceleration of solar energetic particles.