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How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades
May 20, 2024 (SPX)
"We'll be studying this event for years," said Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla, acting director of NASA's Moon to Mars (M2M) Space Weather Analysis Office. "It will he...
'Danger behind the beauty': more solar storms could be heading our way
May 18, 2024 (AFP)
Usually banished to the poles of Earth, the auroras strayed as far as Mexico, southern Europe and South Africa on the evening of May 10, delighting skygazers an...
SwRI examines substorm in Earth's magnetotail with MMS data
May 15, 2024 (SPX)
Since their launch in 2015, the MMS spacecraft have been examining the magnetopause, the boundary between the magnetosphere and surrounding plasma, for signs of...
Dazzling auroras fade from skies as sunspot turns away
May 13, 2024 (AFP)
Since Friday, the most powerful solar storm to strike our planet in more than two decades has lit up night skies with dazzling auroras in the United States, Tas...
Third time could prove lucky for aurora viewers around the world
May 13, 2024 (AFP)
"Several intense Coronal Mass Ejections are still anticipated to reach the Earth's outer atmosphere by later today," the US National Weather Service said. Those...
Looking to the Stars: The Science Behind Different Solar Eclipses
May 13, 2024 (SPX)
Eclipses are a fascinating astronomical event - historically, many cultures assumed that they disrupted the natural order - in some instances, they were even co...
Second night of auroras seen 'extreme' solar storm
May 12, 2024 (AFP)
A powerful solar storm -- which could continue into Sunday -- has triggered spectacular celestial shows usually confined to the far northern reaches of the plan...
First 'extreme' solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular auroras
May 11, 2024 (AFP)
The first of several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) -- expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun -- came just after 1600 GMT, according to the Nation...
Where space weather originates
May 09, 2024 (SPX)
This visualization uses the COCONUT magnetohydrodynamic model created by the team at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, recently highlighted in the journal Astrono...
Hi-C Rocket Experiment Achieves Never-Before-Seen Look at Solar Flares
May 03, 2024 (SPX)
The low-noise cameras - built at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama - are part of a suite of state-of-the-art instruments on board the B...
Vega-C slated to carry ESA's solar wind explorer mission Smile
May 01, 2024 (SPX)
The Smile mission, standing for 'Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer', is designed to enhance our understanding of solar and terrestrial interacti...
Citizen scientist captures final moments of comet during solar eclipse
Apr 23, 2024 (SPX)
Karl Battams, of the US Naval Research Lab and manager of the SOHO Sungrazer Project, had anticipated that Comet SOHO-5008 would appear during the total solar e...
SwRI experiments during total eclipse reveal new aspects of the solar corona
Apr 23, 2024 (SPX)
Dr. Amir Caspi, principal investigator for both projects, noted, "Total solar eclipses provide rare opportunities to study the Sun's hot atmosphere above its vi...
NASA Observations Find What Helps Heat Roots of 'Moss' on Sun
Apr 17, 2024 (SPX)
For decades, scientists have struggled to understand how this mossy region is connected to the Sun's lower atmospheric layers and how material there is heated f...
New Multidirectional Electron Detector to Advance Aurora Studies
Apr 10, 2024 (SPX)
Traditionally, electron analysis in aurora studies has depended on electrostatic deflection methods, effective for capturing data at a second to sub-second reso...
Totality insanity: Eclipse frenzy hits North America
Apr 08, 2024 (AFP)
The Moon's shadow will land on Mexico's Pacific coast at 2:07 pm ET (1807 GMT), then speed northeast across a 15-state swath of the United States and on to Cana...
To each their own: In Texas town, reasons vary for watching eclipse
Apr 08, 2024 (AFP)
Grover Swartzlander actually studies these celestial phenomena and Jim Saltigerald just plain enjoys them. Indeed, as crowds gather to watch the Moon block out ...
'Spectacular' total eclipse leaves North Americans spellbound
Apr 08, 2024 (AFP)
The Moon's shadow plunged the Pacific coast of Mexico into total darkness at 11:07 am local time (1807 GMT) then swept across the United States at supersonic sp...
Why unprotected eclipse gazing will leave you seeing stars
Apr 07, 2024 (AFP)
On Monday, tens of millions of spectators across Mexico, the United States and Canada will witness the Moon completely obscure the Sun's light, a rare celestial...
What do scientists hope to learn from total solar eclipse in US?
Apr 07, 2024 (AFP)
It comes with the Sun near the peak of its 11-year solar cycle, setting the stage for a breathtaking display: The corona will glow spectacularly from the Moon's...
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