Astronomers Create a Model for Stealth Coronal Mass Ejections
A newly published study details how astronomers developed a model that simulates the evolution of coronal mass ejections. Our ever-changing sun continuously shoots solar material…
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NASA’s Van Allen Probes Uncover Relativistic Electrons
Since their discovery at the dawn of the Space Age, Earth’s radiation belts continue to reveal new complex structures and behaviors. This visualization shows how…
K-Cor Gives Scientists an Early Warning of Incoming Space Weather
Scientists from NASA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research have shown that data from a ground-based instrument called K-Cor can give scientists early warning…
Scientists Develop New Space Weather Model to Help Simulate Magnetic Structure of Solar Storms
Engineers developed the model as part of its Space Weather Modeling Framework, which is the first “first principles” model to simulate CMEs including their magnetic…
NASA Shows Arctic Sea Ice Is Losing Its Bulwark Against Warming Summers
New research shows that the Arctic sea ice has been hit with a double whammy over the past decades: as its extent shrunk, the oldest…
Astronomers Discover X-Ray Echoes from a Black Hole That Shattered a Passing Star
Using data from the Swift Satellite, astronomers have identified the reflections of X-ray flares erupting from a star that was shattered by a black hole….
Newly Discovered Kepler-1647 Is The Largest Planet That Orbits Two Suns
Using the Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have identified the largest planet to date around a double-star system. If you cast your eyes toward the constellation…
Astronomers Track the Source of Slow Solar Wind
Using newly processed observations, astronomers spot tell-tale signs that the slow solar wind passing Earth originated from a magnetic phenomenon known as magnetic reconnection. From…
NASA Reveals New Visualization of Space Environment at Pluto
Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, the Space Weather Research Center (SWRC) and the Community-Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC), Enlil and Dusan Odstrcil…
NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Celebrates 20 Years of Science
ESA and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory celebrates twenty years of space-based science. After 20 years in space, ESA and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory,…
Fermi Mission Reveals Hints of Gamma-Ray Cycle in Active Galaxy PG 1553+113
Using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered hints of periodic changes in brightness in blazar PG 1553+113, whose emissions are…
Planet-Finding Technology Visible Nulling Coronagraph Passes Another Hurdle
Researchers are developing innovating planet-finding technology that will help locate Earth-like planets in other solar systems and study their atmospheres to identify chemical signatures of…
Mars’ Moon Phobos Shows Signs of Structural Failure
New research presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences reveals that the long, shallow grooves lining the surface of Phobos…
2015 Antarctic Ozone Hole Larger Than Recent Years
Scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveal that the 2015 Antarctic ozone hole area was larger and formed later than in…
NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer Provides New Details on Solar System Boundary
New research from NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission provides the most definitive analyses, theories and results about local interstellar space to date. The new research…
NASA Scientists Reveal the Role of Electrons in Pulsating Auroras
Using satellites, a ground-based array of all-sky cameras, and some spectacular aurora borealis, a team of scientists has uncovered evidence for an unexpected role that…
Rare Supermoon Lunar Eclipse to Occur on September 27
For the first time in more than 30 years, on September 27 you’ll be able to witness a supermoon in combination with a lunar eclipse….
NASA’s SDO Views Earth and the Moon Transiting the Sun
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of Earth and the moon as they crossed the sun. Just before the moon entered the shot, Earth blocked…