Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider may have just discovered a new fundamental particle that could change the way we look at the universe. Is this Dark Energy? A giant Neutrino? The big brother of the Higgs Boson? Or could it be the...

In 1965, MIT's Lincoln Laboratory saw their Lincoln Calibration Sphere 1 (LCS-1) launched into Earth orbit. It was an empty aluminum sphere and couldn't do any science of its own. But the world's most boring disco ball has played a huge...

Scientists have found at least three cycles in nature that can be traced back to the alignment of the planets. And while they won’t tell you anything about your love life or personality, by studying them, we can learn about our planet’s...

From what we know about Titan, it seems like its atmosphere should have disappeared millions of years ago. So, why hasn’t it?

The auroras are one of earth's most dazzling displays, but thanks to Joan Feynman we know that they're so much more.

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This video explains how the solar wind, a stream of charged particles from the sun, can impact Earth's technologies and satellites. It highlights the role of Earth's magnetic field in protecting us from the solar bombardment, while also...

With the scale of ecology now understood, we can start to look at one of the most important concepts in ecology, climate. What is climate? How does it differ from weather? How does climate change over time and why? Let's do a deep dive now!

On March 29, 2014, an X-class flare burst off the right side of the sun . . . and NASA was watching.



Coordinating their observations, five NASA observatories and one ground-based telescope were able to see things...

NASA scientists are seeking a strange breed of northern lights in the Arctic. When these auroras shine, Earth’s atmosphere leaks into space.



In the tiny Arctic town of Ny-Ålesund,...

Dr. Joe Gurman of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center provides commentary on selected shots from SOHO's 20 years in...

In addition to monitoring weather on Earth, the GOES-R satellites will monitor weather in space caused by electromagnetic radiation and charged particles released from solar storms on the Sun. Many people rely on space weather data,...

In February 2020, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory — SDO — is celebrating its 10th year in space. Over the past decade the spacecraft has kept a constant eye on the Sun, studying how the Sun creates solar activity and...

This short program overview for NASA's heliophysics division explains how NASA studies the sun--and more importantly--how it affects our daily lives.<b<br/>r/>

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NASA scientists answer some common questions about the sun, space weather, and how they affect the Earth. This is a two-part series.



Part Two

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1. Do all flares and CM

Es affect the...

The GOES-R series, NOAA's next-generation geostationary weather satellites, is a game changer. These satellites will provide continuous imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s Western Hemisphere, total lightning...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured images of the events. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to...

NASA Scientist Holly Gilbert discusses recent sunspot activity during Live Shot. This is a Canned Interview.<b<b<br/>r/>r/>

Animation of sunpot migration over a 11 year solar cycle and indicates the features causing total solar irradiance variability. Credit NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

The 171 filter reveals ionized iron (Fe+8=Fe IX, Fe+9=Fe X), which forms at temperatures above 1,300,000K, and flows along the magnetic field lines of the solar active regions

This filter reveals ionized helium (He+1=He II), which forms at temperatures above 80,000K. This filter shows prominences and filaments above the solar surface

Solar activity. Seamless looping.

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A high-technology particle space 'sniffer' will be launched by NASA on Sunday to explore the chemical composition of s
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The Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) is designed to study...