Suggested Searches

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.

Quick Facts

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.
August 2026

Studying Eclipses Near and Far

Every so often, people on Earth get the chance to experience a total solar eclipse. But did you know that eclipses can happen on other worlds, too? Find out all about eclipses and what they're like on Earth and elsewhere.

Read Here
This is image is of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory, located in north San Diego County, California which is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology.
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the shadow of the Martian moon, Phobos, as it was cast upon western Xanthe Terra on August 26, 1999. This is an example of an eclipse on a world other than Earth.
Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS

Past Topics

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.
Helio and You: Heliophysics as an American Endeavor
5 min read

Heliophysics is an important cornerstone of the history of astronomy, and many of the pioneers in this field have been…

Topic
Helio and You: Learning About the Sun in the Far North
7 min read

Alaska experiences a wide range of extreme conditions, and with that comes the chance to conduct science vital to understanding…

Topic
Helio and You: Seasons on Earth, Mars, and Beyond
10 min read

Earth has four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. Other planets can experience seasons, too, but they might be wildly…

Topic

Coming Soon to "Helio and You"

An animated artist's rendition of the solar wind blowing outward from the Sun and interacting with Earth's magnetosphere. Observing interactions like these is one of the types of science that missions like STEREO can do, and do better, by seeing the Sun from more than one perspective.
Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

In the September 2026 edition of "Helio and You," we will take a look at how studying the Sun from multiple angles with the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) mission helped open the door to a new style of heliophysics, where seeing the Sun from different perspectives allows scientists here on Earth to better predict space weather and other solar events that could effect humanity.

Framework for Heliophysics Education

Heliophysics Resource Database

Find related educational and outreach resources in our database.

Resource Database
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.
Credit: NASA/ESA/SOHO