Study of the Sun-Earth connection and the dynamics and structure of space environment. This field of research is multi-disciplinary encompassing space plasma physics, laboratory plasma physics, astrophysics, heliospheric physics, solar physics, magnetospheric physics, ionospheric physics, atmospheric physics, computational science, applied mathematics, aerospace engineering, telecommunications, electric power engineering, petroleum engineering, material science, and navigation.

Sun-Earth connection (Image Credit: NASA/GSFC)

Space environment impacts near-Earth space (Image Credit: NOAA/SEC).