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NASA to launch SNIFS, the sun's next trailblazing spectator
July will see the launch of the groundbreaking Solar EruptioN Integral Field Spectrograph mission, or SNIFS. Delivered to ...
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2 new NASA satellites will track space weather to help keep us safe from solar storms
A new mission set to blast off for low-Earth orbit will study magnetic storms around the Earth and learn more about how they ...
U of I professor leads NASA mission sending satellites to space
NASA is getting ready to launch twin satellites for a study on the sun's energy, and a University of Iowa professor is ...
See images of solar eruptions on the sun in unprecedented detail
Scientists have released the closest images ever to the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles ...
NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Approaching the Earth Today
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA is watching an exoplanet shrink under a tremendous force
The punishing radiation appears to be causing the planet to shed its atmosphere at a rate of at least 1 trillion grams per second, according to a new study involving NASA 's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Colossal Eruption Carves ‘Canyon of Fire’ Onto the Sun’s Surface
The explosion created a 250,000-mile-long, boiling trench of hot plasma and debris in the star’s outer atmosphere.
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NASA Mission: How Solar Wind Creates Northern Lights
Discover NASA's groundbreaking TRACERS mission launching this July—twin satellites designed to study Earth's magnetic shield ...