NASA says solar activity is increasing after decades-long lull: "The sun is slowly waking up"

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather, NASA said.

NASA Launches Critical Mission To Learn How Solar Storms Really Affect Earth

Solar storms can have a devastating effect on earth's power and communication grids, and the trio of missions may help to ...
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NASA’s Spacecraft Dives Into the Sun's Atmosphere and Survives

NASA did something absolutely mind-blowing—they sent a spacecraft straight into the Sun’s atmosphere, and it actually ...

Space weather satellites blast off to collect information on solar storms

A SpaceX rocket lifted off Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, carrying NASA's Interstellar Mapping ...
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Protecting NASA funding ensures breakthroughs in space science and benefits in daily life continue

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research touch nearly every aspect of ...
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The Amazing NASA Probe Footage Flying Through The Sun's Corona

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Sun's corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be ...
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NASA solar probe becomes first spacecraft to 'touch' the sun

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar ...

NASA confirms interstellar object is flying through our solar system

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system. The object is a comet hailing from the direction of the constellation ...
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NASA says solar activity is increasing: "The sun is slowly waking up"

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather and technology on Earth, NASA announced this week. A new research ...