Surrounding our solar system is a natural and enigmatic cosmic shield called the heliosphere — and a new mission has launched to help astronomers better understand it. Created by the solar wind, a ...
MORNING’S LAUNCH. IMAP IS GOING TO STUDY THE HELIOSPHERE. THE STUDY, HOW IT INTERACTS WITH THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM OUTSIDE, AND GIVE US ALL KINDS OF GREAT INSIGHTS INTO HOW IT IT’S AFFECTED BY SOLAR ...
A NASA mission to study the heliosphere—the sun's magnetic bubble that shields our solar system—and develop a better understanding of space weather was launched from the agency's Kennedy Space Center ...
Mars, Europa and Enceladus are the three most promising locations in the solar system to search for life living off cosmic rays. Cosmic rays could be a vital source of energy for life on icy moons, on ...
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 ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX launched three satellites early Wednesday on a million-mile trip to tackle the mysteries of space weather, including how to protect from the sun’s disruptive and ...
NASA has launched Surya, its new heliophysics artificial intelligence foundation model to empower solar scientists with tools to enhance research and space weather forecasting. Southwest Research ...