NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the far left – on December…
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Earth’s magnetosphere, essential for protecting us from solar radiation, contrasts sharply with Mars, which lost its protective field. Studying this shield, especially through NASA’s missions…
On Thursday, November 9, 2023, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft onboard, successfully launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space…
Satellite image of aurora over western Canada, captured by the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) sensor on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite at 3:23…
Artist’s impression of NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) mapping the properties of global mesospheric gravity waves. By analyzing the mesopause’s airglow, AWE will advance our…
Artist’s illustration of events on the sun changing the conditions in Near-Earth space. Credit: NASA Scientists discovered a radiocarbon spike 14,300 years ago, caused by…
Next-generation giant telescopes will offer unparalleled opportunities to study weather and surface variations on distant cosmic bodies, aiding in the exploration of their chemical compositions…
The Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) —is a SmallSat mission that will characterize the electric currents that link Earth’s aurora to the planet’s magnetosphere. This…
The Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) —is a SmallSat mission that will characterize the electric currents that link Earth’s aurora to the planet’s magnetosphere. This…
Intense solar storms can cause electrical blackouts. Like a tornado siren for life-threatening storms in America’s heartland, a new computer model that combines artificial intelligence…
Charged particles from the sun coming towards earth interact with the geocorona, a wide cloud of hydrogen atoms extending into space from the Earth. Charge…
An X1.9 class solar flare flashes on the left edge of the Sun on January 9, 2023. This image was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics…
A composite image showing a tree ring and flames – UQ researchers used tree ring data to model the global carbon cycle to challenge the…
This Hubble Space Telescope image of the Veil Nebula reveals the fine details of the nebula’s delicate threads and filaments of ionized gas. Credit: ESA/Hubble…
The first of six SunRISE SmallSats is shown here at a Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory clean room being worked on by engineers. Pointed…
The telescopes at Maunakea sit calmly at an altitude of around 4200 meters (13,800 feet) beneath a sky filled with extraordinary light. Gemini North’s nighttime…
This illustration shows the three CubeSats of NASA’s EZIE mission flying in formation above Earth. The spacecraft will study electrical currents in Earth’s atmosphere that…
Researchers led by the University of Iowa have learned how a type of aurora on Mars is formed. In a new study, the physicists report…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the upper right portion of the…
As electrons accelerated by Alfvén waves stream along the Earth’s magnetic field (yellow drops), they collide with oxygen atoms (white dots) and molecules of oxygen…