A European-Chinese spacecraft just launched to photograph something nobody has ever actually seen — the invisible shield that keeps the solar wind from sterilizing Earth - Space Daily

A European-Chinese spacecraft just launched to photograph something nobody has ever actually seen — the invisible shield that keeps the solar wind from sterilizing Earth Space Daily Vega C rocket launches European-Chinese space weather satellite to orbit Space Smile lifts off on quest to reveal Earth’s invisible shield against the solar wind European Space Agency We’ve Never Actually Seen Earth’s Protective Bubble. This New Mission Aims to Change That Gizmodo SMILE: China-EU satellite to study Earth’s solar defence defies trade tensions South China Morning Post