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The new space mission NeUtrino and Seismic Electromagnetic Signals (NUSES) will investigate low-energy and ultra high energy cosmic rays, the Sun-Earth environment, space weather, and the magnetosphere-ionosphere-lithosphere connection (MILC). Through its two payloads, Zirè and Terzina, NUSES will be a trailblazer for the development and testing of innovative technologies (such as cutting-edge SiPM sensors) and observational techniques for future missions. The Zirè experiment will monitor low-energy fluxes of electrons, protons, and other light nuclei in order to study the Van Allen belt, space weather, and the MILC coupling, as well as detect cosmic MeV photons to analyze transient phenomena and steady gamma sources. The Terzina telescope is devoted to the observation of the Cherenkov light produced by extensive air showers in the Earth’s atmosphere generated by ultra high energy cosmic rays (above 100 PeV). Terzina will look at the Earth limb in the near UV and visible ranges at the nanosecond time scale and will demonstrate the observational concept of detecting Earth-skimming high-energy neutrinos. Terzina will be able to explore the possibility of future physics missions (such as POEMMA) dedicated to UHECR detection and neutrino astronomy.
