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Space Observations of Mercury Transits Yield Precise Solar Radius

Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)

A group of scientists from Hawaii, Brazil and California has measured the diameter of the Sun with unprecedented accuracy by using a spacecraft to time the tran...

Solar Storm Dumps Gigawatts into Earth's Upper Atmosphere

Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)

A recent flurry of eruptions on the sun did more than spark pretty auroras around the poles. NASA-funded researchers say the solar storms of March 8th through 1...

NASA Measures Impact of Huge Solar Flare on Earth's Atmosphere

Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)

A key NASA instrument that can directly measure the impact of solar events on the Earth's upper atmosphere has weighed in on the huge flare that impacted Earth ...

Researchers take first-ever measurement of auroral turbulence using a nanosatellite radar receiver

Mar 26, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers from SRI International and the University of Michigan have taken the first-ever measurement of naturally occurring auroral turbulence recorded using...

Earth's protective bubble hasn't burst

Mar 14, 2012 (ESA)

For the first time, the loss of atmospheric ions from Earth and Mars has been observed during the same solar wind stream. In a new study, data from ESA's Cluste...

Storms from the Sun

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Space weather starts at the Sun. It begins with an eruption such as a huge burst of light and radiation called a solar flare or a gigantic cloud of solar materi...

NASA Solar Study Mission Moves to Next Design Stage

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Two-thousand-degree temperatures, supersonic solar particles, intense radiation - all of this awaits NASA's Solar Probe Plus during an unprecedented close-up st...

Solar storm could disrupt Summer Olympics

Mar 09, 2012 (UPI)

The Summer Olympics could be crippled by a solar storm far more potent than the one currently wearing away at Earth's magnetic field, a British physicist said. ...

Age of warning satellite causes concern

Mar 09, 2012 (UPI)

A U.S. satellite giving the only advance warning of incoming high-energy solar particles is getting old and is possibly on its last legs, researchers say. But a...

Second Biggest Flare Of the Solar Cycle

Mar 08, 2012 (SPX)

NASA models using data from the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) and the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) have now provided more informatio...

Impact of solar storm less than feared

Mar 08, 2012 (UPI)

A massive solar storm hitting Earth is having less impact on satellites, power grids and communications than some had feared, U.S. space weather experts say. Tw...

Earth braces for biggest space storm in five years

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

A pair of scorching explosions on the Sun's surface is sparking the biggest radiation and geomagnetic storm the Earth has experienced in five years, space weath...

Flying Through a Geomagnetic Storm

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

Glowing green and red, shimmering hypnotically across the night sky, the aurora borealis is a wonder to behold. Longtime sky watchers say it is the greatest sho...

Mysterious electron acceleration explained

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

A mysterious phenomenon detected by space probes has finally been explained, thanks to a massive computer simulation that was able to precisely align with detai...

Five Solar Eruptions in 2 Days - CME On the Way

Feb 28, 2012 (SPX)

From February 23 through February 24 our sun produced an astonishing five solar eruptions, launched from the top, bottom, left and right sides of the solar disk...

THEMIS Celebrates Five Years of Watching Aurora and Space Weather

Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)

People still talk about the launch. It was the first - and so far, only - time NASA has launched five satellites at one time. Carefully balanced inside a Delta ...

UNH scientists launch NASA rocket into Aurora

Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)

With the full sky shimmering in green aurora, Saturday night (Feb. 18, 2012) a team of scientists, including space physicist Marc Lessard and graduate students ...

Plasmas Torn Apart

Feb 22, 2012 (SPX)

January saw the biggest solar storm since 2005, generating some of the most dazzling northern lights in recent memory. The source of that storm-and others like ...

Baby Fat on the Young Sun?

Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)

Standard models predict that our Sun was much dimmer in its youth, but devising a way to keep the early Earth from freezing over has not been easy for climate m...

When worlds collide

Feb 15, 2012 (SPX)

If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity's...