Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are using a solar wind forecasting method combined with analytic and numerical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The SPHEREx observatory is shown at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via Reuters) (via REUTERS ...

SpaceX launched twin satellites for NASA Wednesday that will study how the electrically-charged solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field, creating constantly changing and occasionally ...

Following a successful launch in the early hours of Wednesday morning (12 March 2025) U.K. time, the PUNCH spacecraft are poised to begin their two-year mission to study the sun's outer atmosphere and ...

NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission has uncovered surprising behavior of pickup ions drifting through the solar wind near Earth. These particles, once thought to be minor players, appear capable ...

NASA has selected a new mission concept that could significantly improve humanity’s ability to predict space weather and ...

NASA is preparing to map the boundary where the solar wind meets interstellar space in its Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, set for launch sometime after September of this year. NASA ...

"We expect we'll revolutionize how space weather is forecasted." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The secrets of the solar wind ...

HOUSTON—NASA’s upcoming Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance (Tracer) mission is to provide fly-through data from interactions between the solar wind and Earth’s protective ...

"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe hits 430,000 mph near the Sun. Discover how its 4.5-inch shield protects it from 2,500°F temperatures.

What just happened? For decades, scientists have puzzled over the origin of water on the Moon, a resource that could prove vital for future lunar exploration. Since the 1960s, a leading hypothesis has ...