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Helio and You

This article series for educators aims to engage learners of all ages with the exciting world of solar science. Our goal is to help educators inspire students by connecting informal and classroom learning to real NASA events, mission launches, and historic heliophysics milestones.

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Use these articles to inspire learners and find more resources that cultivate learning and engagement with heliophysics.

Use these articles to inspire learners and find more resources that cultivate learning and engagement with heliophysics.

Bring NASA into Your Classroom! The articles found below are organized by their year of release, with the most recent editions to the left and older editions to the right.

Bring NASA into Your Classroom! The articles found below are organized by their year of release, with the most recent editions to the left and older editions to the right.

Past topics offer diverse learning opportunities for students, including the application of heliophysics to Lunar missions like Artemis and Apollo and the relationship between studying comets and understanding the Sun.

Past topics offer diverse learning opportunities for students, including the application of heliophysics to Lunar missions like Artemis and Apollo and the relationship between studying comets and understanding the Sun.
May 2026

Seasons on Earth, Mars, and Beyond

Earth has four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Other planets can experience seasons, too, but they might be wildly different from the ones that we are used to. Find out about how seasons work and what role the Sun and other stars play in causing them.

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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows that although dust storms occur year-round on Mars, they often occur in greater numbers during certain seasons.
These images taken by Mars Global Surveyor show that although dust storms occur year-round on Mars, they often occur in greater numbers during certain seasons.
NASA/JPL/MSSS

Past Articles

Browse NASA's previously published articles exploring the Sun, space weather, and their effects on Earth and the solar system, featuring current science topics and a list of relevant classroom and event-ready resources.

An image shows a circular view of the sky, colored gold, around the Sun. A black circular disk blocks the Sun at the center, but a small yellow circle shows the size and location of the Sun within the black disk. Near the top, a bulb-shaped cloud, a coronal mass ejection, extends upward from the Sun.

April 2026: The Sun, Solar Wind, and Earth as a Connected System

This article explains the PUNCH mission, which is studying the Sun and heliosphere. Connected to resources that help teachers explain concepts in simple, engaging ways for students.

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At the center of the image is a comet that appears as a teardrop-shaped bluish cocoon of dust coming off the comet’s solid, icy nucleus and seen against a black background. The comet appears to be heading to the bottom left corner of the image. About a dozen short, light blue diagonal streaks are seen scattered across the image, which are from background stars that appeared to move during the exposure because the telescope was tracking the moving comet.

December 2025: Comets, the Sun, and You

This article shows how studying comets can teach us more about the Sun and Space Weather. Connected to educational resources that help K-12+ teachers explain solar wind and space science concepts in simple, engaging ways for students.

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A standing woman explains a hand-drawn arts and crafts version of the Sun to a classroom filled with seated people who are all turned to face her.

September 2025: The Sun and Our Lives

This article explores the unique connections between heliophysics and our everyday lives. Connected to educational resources that help K-12+ teachers explain heliophysics education in simple, engaging ways for students.

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An illustration of two astronauts working on the Moon

August 2025: The Moon as a Laboratory

This article shows how studying the Sun can and has supported Lunar exploration. Connected to educational resources that help K-12+ teachers explain the link between Planetary Science and Heliophysics in simple, engaging ways for students.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe - with its heat shield facing forward and twin solar panels partially extended - flies through particles in space.

July 2025: Two Stars in Solar Science

This article explores how the Parker Solar Probe & Solar Orbiter work together to learn about the Sun. Connected to educational resources that help K-12+ teachers explain how multinational space missions can work together to teach us about the Sun.

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A grayscale top-down image of the North Pole showing the glowing band of the Northern Lights circling the Earth

May 2025: The Sun and the Light Shows It Creates

This article uses the May 2024 solar storms to explain how the Sun causes auroras. Connected to resources that help K-12+ teachers explain this part of the Earth-Sun relationship in simple, engaging ways for students.

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Framework for Heliophysics Education

Heliophysics Resource Database

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In this animated GIF, a small portion of the Sun appears green. A bright white flash suddenly appears on the edge of the Sun.
On Nov. 4, 2003, this solar flare saturated the X-ray detectors on several Sun-observing spacecraft.
NASA/ESA/SOHO