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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and the heliosphere, and help improve astronomy techniques.

NASA’s PUNCH mission, set for launch on Feb 27, will deploy four satellites to study the transition between the sun’s corona and the solar wind. The mission aims to improve understanding of ...

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