The invisible forces erupting from our Sun create a chaotic environment extending far beyond what most people imagine. Space ...

Recent airborne science flights to Greenland are improving NASA’s understanding of space weather by measuring radiation exposure to air travelers and validating global radiation maps used in flight ...

A strong geomagnetic storm in spring 2024 brought the northern lights unusually far south, as the auroral oval expanded well beyond its typical position. "I am surprised at how sparse the measurement ...

The NASA Space Weather Program studies how weather in space affects not only humans on Earth, but also how it could create challenges for astronauts and spacecraft on missions. Space weather is a term ...

Scientists loaded three missions worth nearly $1.6 billion on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for launch Wednesday, toward an orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, to measure the supersonic stream of ...

No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and collision risk. At ESA's mission control in Darmstadt, teams faced a scenario unlike any before: a solar storm of extreme magnitude. Fortunately, ...

New balloon-mounted space radiation probes developed by the Surrey Space Center at the University of Surrey have captured their first measurements of a major solar storm, confirming the research ...

What: A major coronal hole on the Sun is releasing high-speed solar wind toward Earth, driving recent auroral activity and space weather disturbances. Coronal holes are cooler regions where the Sun’s ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket, set to launch NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars, was grounded today because of space weather. Elevated solar activity and the potential effects on ...