PUNCH Stories
NASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Test
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Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an initial proof of concept test. The results, presented Tuesday at the…
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View Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Through NASA’s Multiple Lenses
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This article was updated to include the full range of dates from the SOHO image. Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA is in the midst of an unprecedented solar system-wide observation campaign, turning its spacecraft and space telescopes to…
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Cosmic Mapmaker: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Ready to Launch
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Editor’s note: This story was updated March 11, 2025, to reflect a new target launch date and time. NASA’s latest space observatory is targeting a March 11 liftoff, and the agency’s PUNCH heliophysics mission is sharing a ride. Here’s what…
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