Since the beginning of Earth's history, tiny particles of rock and metal from space have been hitting our planet. On clear ...

TRACERS are a combination of twin satellites that will observe how the trends in solar wind trigger magnetic reconnection in ...

NASA launches satellites to learn more about magnetic reconnection, which will help better predict geomagnetic storms.

Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within ...

Geomagnetic storms pose a significant threat to humanity, particularly as we enter a period of heightened solar activity ...

A cloud of hot, magnetized plasma — a coronal mass ejection — erupted from the Sun on Wednesday, July 23, headed off into ...

The SNIFS sounding rocket launched on 19 July is an attempt to study the Sun's chromosphere, where the temperature, pressure ...

Researchers are on firmer ground when it comes to the physiological impacts of increased UV radiation. With the weakened ...

Two NASA satellites rocketed into orbit from California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, commencing a $170 million ...

The TRACERS mission comprises twin satellites designed to investigate how surges in the solar wind trigger magnetic reconnection in Earth's magnetosphere. This phenomenon, where magnetic field lines ...

The mission will help better predict how energy from the sun affects life on Earth, including disruptions to satellites, power grids and astronauts.

One of these ride-along NASA efforts is the Athena EPIC (Economical Payload Integration Cost) SmallSat, which will ...