A Closer Look Into the Heart of a Magnetic Storm
In an effort to better understand coronal mass ejections and their potential effects on human technology, a newly published study takes a detailed look a…
Space Weather
New ScienceCast Video Details a Carrington-Class CME that Narrowly Missed Earth
A new ScienceCast video details an intense solar storm that narrowly missed Earth two years ago. If it had hit, researchers say, we could still…
New SDO Image of X-Class Solar Flare
This new image of an X-class solar flare was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on March 29, 2014. The sun emitted a significant solar…
Scientists Discover New Process that Protects Earth from Space Weather
A newly published study shows that in certain circumstances a pool of dense particles normally circling Earth can extend a long arm out to meet…
NASA’s SDO Reveals Images of X4.9-Class Solar Flare
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory viewed a significant solar flare, classified as a X4.9-class flare, on February 24, 2014. The sun emitted a significant solar flare,…
NASA Spacecraft Observe Magnetic Reconnection in Action
By combining data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, scientists were able to create a comprehensive view…
ESA’s Cluster Spacecraft Detects Plasmaspheric Wind
In a newly published study, researcher Iannis Dandouras details the discovery of plasmaspheric wind, providing the first conclusive proof of the existence this wind first…
NASA’s TWINS Provide Continuous Coverage of the Ring Current
Since their launch in 2008, the two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers (TWINS) satellites have been providing scientists with data on Earth’s magnetosphere and the first…
NASA Looks at the Impacts of Strong Solar Flares
As solar activity continues to build up toward what is known as solar maximum, NASA details the impacts of CME’s and space weather on Earth….
Study Reveals How Saturn’s Magnetosphere Changes with the Seasons
Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists from the University of Iowa have discovered how the magnetosphere around Saturn changes with the planet’s seasons, providing…
Cassini Views a Spinning Vortex at Saturn’s North Pole
Taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, this NASA image of the day shows the spinning vortex of Saturn’s north polar storm. The spinning vortex of Saturn’s…
NASA’s Wind Mission Data Reveals ‘SLAMS’ Waves
A new study examines the data from NASA’s Wind spacecraft, which traveled through the foreshock region in front of Earth 17 times from 1998 –…
NASA Captures Image of an M6.5 Class Flare
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of an M6.5 class flare yesterday, April 11, 2013. The flare was also associated with an Earth-directed coronal…
New Model Advances the Understanding of How Solar Wind Works
A newly published study uses a new model to demonstrate ion-cyclotron resonant heating in solar wind; representing a major advance in the understanding of how…
New Equations to Better Understand Solar Wind
A scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has created a set of equations that will lead to more realistic simulations of solar wind turbulence…
NASA’s THEMIS Mission Tracks Space Weather & the Magnetosphere
Launched in 2007, the THEMIS mission has helped highlight a number of crucial details about what causes space weather events and has dramatically improved our…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Filament Explosion
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured a spectacular video of a filament eruption from Sol, which occurred on August 31st. The segment is in red,…
Earth’s Van Allen Radiation Belt to be Probed by NASA Satellites
On August 23rd, NASA will launch the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, a pair of specially designed satellites to gather information about the Earth’s Van Allen…