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Solar Wind Workhorse Marks 20 Years of Science Discoveries
Dec 30, 2014 (SPX)
The end of 2014 marks two decades of data from a NASA mission called Wind. Wind -- along with 17 other missions - is part of what's called the Heliophysics Syst...
Sun Sizzles in High-Energy X-Rays
Dec 26, 2014 (JPL)
For the first time, a mission designed to set its eyes on black holes and other objects far from our solar system has turned its gaze back closer to home, captu...
NASA uses powerful X-ray telescope to take vibrant photo of the sun
Dec 22, 2014 (UPI)
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has taken its first photo of the sun. The NuSTAR is an extremely powerful X-ray telescope made for taking ...
NASA Satellites Measure Increase of Sun's Energy Absorbed in the Arctic
Dec 18, 2014 (SPX)
NASA satellite instruments have observed a marked increase in solar radiation absorbed in the Arctic since the year 2000 - a trend that aligns with the steady d...
SwRI develops solar observatory for use on suborbital manned space missions
Dec 15, 2014 (SPX)
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is preparing to unveil a new, miniature portable solar observatory for use onboard a commercial, manned suborbital spacecraf...
SwRI scientists develop solar observatory for use on suborbital manned space missions
Dec 14, 2014 (SPX)
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is preparing to unveil a new, miniature portable solar observatory for use onboard a commercial, manned suborbital spacecraf...
The Science of Magnetic Reconnection
Dec 11, 2014 (SPX)
Understanding vast systems in space requires understanding what's happening on widely different scales. Giant events can turn out to have tiny drivers - take, f...
NASA-funded FOXSI to Observe X-Rays From Sun
Dec 09, 2014 (SPX)
An enormous spectrum of light streams from the sun. We're most familiar with the conventional visible white light we see with our eyes from Earth, but that's ju...
DSCOVR to Observe Space Weather and Earth from Afar
Nov 25, 2014 (SPX)
News reports of hurricanes forming and predictions about storm paths are familiar occurrences. Less familiar are reports about solar wind and magnetic fields fr...
Sun's rotating magnetic field may pull lightning toward Earth
Nov 24, 2014 (UPI)
The push and pull of the sun's magnetic field may encourage lightning strikes by bending the Earth's own magnetic field, allowing an influx of electric particle...
Sun's rotating 'magnet' pulls lightning towards UK
Nov 24, 2014 (SPX)
The Sun may be playing a part in the generation of lightning strikes on Earth by temporarily 'bending' the Earth's magnetic field and allowing a shower of energ...
Interaction of Solar Wind and Earth Atmosphere Studied
Nov 19, 2014 (SPX)
Northern Norway in December? It may not be your ideal spot to visit, but for NASA sounding rocket teams and university scientists, this is the ideal place to co...
NASA-Funded Sounding Rocket to Gather 1,500 Sun Images in 5 Minutes
Nov 05, 2014 (SPX)
A sounding rocket outfitted with technology to gather 1,500 images of the sun over its five-minute mission is preparing to launch in early November 2014. Captur...
Spotlighting the sun
Oct 29, 2014 (SPX)
Astronomers with the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) captured pictures not only of Thursday's partial sol...
New insights into the physics of space weather
Oct 29, 2014 (SPX)
Each second, the sun hurls millions of tons of hot, charged plasma gas into space. This volatile "solar wind" buffets the magnetosphere, the magnetic field that...
NASA's SDO Observes Largest Sunspot of the Solar Cycle
Oct 27, 2014 (SPX)
On Oct. 18, 2014, a sunspot rotated over the left side of the sun, and soon grew to be the largest active region seen in the current solar cycle, which began in...
Sunspot continues to shoot out solar flares
Oct 27, 2014 (UPI)
It's no longer just the largest sunspot in more than 20 years; it's the sunspot that just won't quit. The solar region, known as Active Region 12192 (or AR 2192...
Largest sunspot in 20 years facing planet Earth
Oct 24, 2014 (UPI)
Sunspot region AR2192 on the solar surface is currently both massive and active, scientists with NASA say. So big, in fact, that the sunspot is visible -- with ...
NASA uses ultra-black nano-coating for solar coronagraph
Oct 24, 2014 (SPX)
An emerging super-black nanotechnology that is to be tested for the first time this fall on the International Space Station will be applied to a complex, 3-D co...
'Twisted rope' clue to dangerous solar storms
Oct 22, 2014 (AFP)
A "twisted rope" of magnetically-charged energy precedes solar storms that have the potential to damage satellites and electricity grids, French scientists said...
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