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Calling all Eclipse Enthusiasts: Become a NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador!
By Vivian White, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Are you an astronomy enthusiast or undergraduate student with a passion for sharing space science? We are excited to share with you a wonderful opportunity to become an official NASA Partner Eclipse…
2 New Eclipse Projects Receive NASA Funding
Ahead of the total solar eclipse crossing North America on April 8, 2024, NASA has funded two more proposals that will use the eclipse to advance science while engaging the public. The new projects were awarded via NASA’s Heliophysics Innovation…
After Seventeen Years, A Spacecraft Makes Its First Visit Home
On Aug. 12, 2023, NASA’s STEREO-A spacecraft will pass between the Sun and Earth, marking the first Earth flyby of the nearly 17-year-old mission. The visit home brings a special chance for the spacecraft to collaborate with NASA missions near Earth…
NASA Announces Monthly Themes to Celebrate the Heliophysics Big Year
This October, NASA is launching the Heliophysics Big Year – a global celebration of solar science and the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system. Modeled after the “Big Year” concept from citizen scientists in the bird-watching community,…
Science in the Shadows: NASA Selects 5 Experiments for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Editor’s note: This story was updated with the correct location of Amir Caspi’s position at the Southwest Research Institute. A total solar eclipse will darken a swath of North America as the Moon blocks the light of the Sun for a…
Caught in the Act: Astronomers Detect a Star Devouring a Planet
A star nearing the end of its life swelled up and absorbed a Jupiter-size planet. In about 5 billion years, our Sun will go through a similar end-of-life transition.
A Stormy, Active Sun May Have Kickstarted Life on Earth
The first building blocks of life on Earth may have formed thanks to eruptions from our Sun, a new study finds.
NASA-enabled AI Predictions May Give Time to Prepare for Solar Storms
Like a tornado siren for life-threatening storms in America’s heartland, a new computer model that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and NASA satellite data could sound the alarm for dangerous space weather. The model uses AI to analyze spacecraft measurements of…
NASA’s NuSTAR Telescope Reveals Hidden Light Shows on the Sun
Some of the hottest spots in the Sun’s atmosphere appear in the telescope’s X-ray view. Even on a sunny day, human eyes can’t see all the light our nearest star gives off. A new image displays some of this hidden…
NASA’s Geotail Mission Operations Come to an End After 30 Years
After 30 years in orbit, mission operations for the joint NASA-JAXA Geotail spacecraft have ended, after the failure of the spacecraft’s remaining data recorder. Since its launch on July 24, 1992, Geotail orbited Earth, gathering an immense dataset on the…