Heliophysics - Space Weather Topics
Radiation Resistant Computers
2005 — April 6, 2011
Researchers are developing advanced computers that can think clearly even when they're bombarded by space radiation.
Who's Afraid of a Solar Flare?
2005 — April 6, 2011
Strange, but true: Solar flares can be good for astronauts.
Solar Minimum Explodes
2005 — April 6, 2011
With a burst of activity on the sun, solar minimum is looking strangely like Solar Max.
Sickening Solar Flares
2005 — April 6, 2011
The biggest solar proton storm in 15 years erupted last week. NASA researchers discuss what it might have done to someone on the Moon.
Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission
2010 — April 6, 2011
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), slated for liftoff on Feb. 9th, will make IMAX-quality movies of solar explosions, peer beneath the stellar surface to see the sun's inner dynamo, and--researchers hope--unravel the mysteries of solar variability.
Space Weather Turns into an International Problem
2010 — April 6, 2011
Representatives from more than 25 of the world's most technologically-advanced nations have gathered in Germany today to hear about a problem that may be too big for any one country to handle alone: solar storms.
Giant Ribbon Discovered at the Edge of the Solar System
2009 — April 6, 2011
NASA's IBEX spacecraft has discovered a vast, glowing ribbon at the edge of the solar system. One mission scientist calls the discovery "shocking" and says theorists are "working like crazy" to explain the finding.
Are Sunspots Disappearing?
2009 — Sept. 20, 2011
The sun is in the pits of the deepest solar minimum in a century. Weeks and sometimes whole months go by without even a single tiny sunspot. The quiet has prompted some observers to wonder, are sunspots disappearing?
Deep Solar Minimum
2009 — April 6, 2011
How low can it go? The Sun is plunging into the deepest solar minimum in nearly a century.
New Solar Cycle Prediction
2009 — April 6, 2011
An international panel of experts has issued a new prediction for the solar cycle which takes into account the surprisingly deep solar minimum of 2008-2009. Read today's story to find out when they think solar maximum will return.