New compact instrument enables high-fidelity measurements of energetic particles on CubeSats – NASA Science0

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• July 21, 2026

A team of NASA-sponsored scientists and engineers has developed a novel approach to observing high-energy particles in the near-Earth space environment, incorporating miniaturized sensors into a compact, multi-view particle detection instrument like no other before. Built for NASA’s Relativistic Electron Atmospheric Loss (REAL) CubeSat mission, the innovative instrument (also called REAL) enables more comprehensive measurements