Heliophysics - Sun Topics
CAMEX Top Guns
2001 — April 6, 2011
Flying into the largest storms on Earth is all in a day's work for pilots on a NASA mission to explore hurricanes.
Dawn of a New Ozone Hole
2001 — April 6, 2011
Our planet's Antarctic ozone hole is opening once again as Spring approaches in the southern hemisphere -- and scientists say it's a big one.
Water-Witching From Space
2001 — Sept. 20, 2011
Farmers will soon have a new tool for getting the most out of their fields. NASA's Aqua satellite will provide crucial information about the water in the ground and the weather on the horizon.
A Disco Ball in Space
2001 — April 6, 2011
Students and scientists are teaming up for a far-out experiment to monitor the outer reaches of Earth's atmosphere.
Dust Begets Dust
2001 — Sept. 20, 2011
Everyone knows that dry weather leads to dusty soils, but new research suggests that dust might in turn lead to dry weather.
Where LightningStrikes
2001 — April 6, 2011
New maps from orbiting sensors that can detect flashes of Lightningeven during the daytime reveal where on Earth the powerful bolts will most likely strike.
Beam it Down, Scotty!
2001 — April 6, 2011
Solar Powercollected in space and beamed to Earth could be an environmentally friendly solution to our planet's growing energy problems.
Mobile Homes for Microbes
2001 — April 6, 2011
African dust that crosses the Atlantic Ocean and brings beautiful sunsets to Florida also carries potentially harmful bacteria and fungi, a new study shows.
Earth Songs
2001 — April 6, 2011
If humans had radio antennas instead of ears, we would hear a remarkable symphony of strange noises coming from our own planet.
Earth at Perihelion
2001 — April 6, 2011
This morning at 5 o'clock Eastern Standard time Earth made its annual closest approach to the Sun -- an event astronomers call perihelion.