high-speed flows July 18 - Magnetic heart of a 3D reconnection event revealed by Cluster June 20 - Space is fizzy May 19 - New Microscopic Properties of Magnetic Reconnection Derived by Cluster March 30 - Cluster and Double Star reveal the extent of neutral sheet oscillations February 24 - Cluster reveals fundamental 3-D properties of magnetic turbulence February 1 - The Cluster Active Archive goes live January 11 - Cover of Nature Magazine: Feel the Force 2005 December 22 - Cluster helps to protect astronauts and satellites against killer electrons September 21 - Double Star and Cluster observe first evidence of crustal cracking August 10 - From ‘macro’ to ‘micro’ – turbulence seen by Cluster July 28 - First direct measurements of the ring current July 14 - Five years of formation flying with Cluster April 28 - Calming effect of a solar storm February 18 - Cluster will become the first multi-scale mission February 4 - Direct observation of 3D magnetic reconnection 2004 December 12 - Cluster determines the spatial scale of high speed flows in the magnetotail November 24 Four-point observations of solar wind discontinuities September 17 - Cluster locates the source of non-thermal terrestrial continuum radiation by triangulation August 12 - Cluster finds giant gas vortices at the edge of Earth's magnetic bubble June 23 - Cluster discovers internal origin of the plasma sheet oscillations May 13 - Cluster captures a triple cusp April 5 - First attempt to estimate Earth's bow shock thickness 2001–2003 3 December 2003 - Cracks in Earth's magnetic shield (NASA website) 29 June 2003 - Multi-point observations of magnetic reconnection 20 May 2003 - ESA's Cluster solves auroral puzzle 29 January 2003 - Bifurcation of the tail current 28 January 2003 - Electric current measured in space for the first time 29 December 2002 - Thickness of the tail current sheet estimated in space for the first time 1 October 2002 - Telescopic/Microscopic view of a substorm 11 December 2001 - Cluster quartet probes the secrets of the black aurora 31 October 2001 - First measurements of density gradients in space 9 October 2001 - Double cusp observed by Cluster 1 February 2001 – Official start of scientific operations References Selected publications All 3618 publications related to the Cluster and the Double Star missions (count as of 31 December 2022) can be found on the publication section of the ESA Cluster