Volunteers Discover Rare Space Weather Events Using Their Ears
Our planet rests inside a magnetic cocoon filled with plasma – but it’s not always peaceful and quiet.…
To Protect Artemis II Astronauts, NASA Experts Keep Eyes on Sun
As four astronauts travel around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission, they will venture beyond Earth’s protective magnetic field.…
Volunteers Find Oddly High Solar Flare Rates
Patches of the Sun’s surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of…
NASA’s ESCAPADE Ready to Study Space Weather from Earth to Mars
Mars is not what it used to be. Once warm, watery, and blanketed by a thick atmosphere, today…
Map the Earth’s Magnetic Shield with the Space Umbrella Project
A stream of charged particles known as the solar wind flows from the Sun toward Earth. Here, it…
Strong Flare Erupts from Sun
The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 9:08 a.m. ET on Feb. 3. NASA’s Solar Dynamics…
NASA’s IMAP Mission Captures ‘First Light,’ Looks Back at Earth
All 10 instruments aboard NASA’s newly launched IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission have successfully recorded their…
NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Reveals ‘First Light’ Images
NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has captured its first images from space, revealing rare views of Earth and the…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spies Solar Wind ‘U-Turn’
Images captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun…
NASA Flights Study Cosmic Ray Effects for Air, Future Space Travelers
Recent airborne science flights to Greenland are improving NASA’s understanding of space weather by measuring radiation exposure to…
New NASA Mission to Reveal Earth’s Invisible ‘Halo’
This story is also available in Spanish. A new NASA mission will capture images of Earth’s invisible “halo,”…
New NASA Mission to Reveal Earth’s Invisible ‘Halo’
A new NASA mission will capture images of Earth’s invisible “halo,” the faint light given off by our…