The Sun isn’t just a distant ball of fire—it’s constantly bombarding Earth with charged particles in the form of solar wind. NASA’s PUNCH mission is set to capture this invisible force like never ...

NEW ORLEANS — Solar sails that allow satellites to glide on the light from the sun could soon become a reality. The ...

The temporary belts, one of which still remains, were filled with high-energy electrons and protons and were found by a ...

Read Earth is immersed in material streaming from the Sun. This stream, called the solar wind, is washing over our planet ...

A fierce solar storm in May 2024 did more than disrupt GPS — it created two new radiation belts. A revived CubeSat captured ...

Solar sail technology could enhance early space weather warnings, improving protection for satellites and power grids.

After losing his Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the fires that swept through Los Angeles in January, Kent Tobiska, the CEO ...

Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...

NASA's PUNCH mission enhances heliophysics, studying solar wind and protecting Earth with advanced satellite imaging ...

This mission further aims at investigating how the Sun’s corona transforms into the solar wind, helping improve space weather ...