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The Solar Eclipse Like We’ve Never Seen it Before
You had to be in the right part of North America to get a great view of the recent solar…
Formation-Flying Spacecraft Could Probe the Solar System for New Physics
It's an exciting time for the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology. Thanks to cutting-edge observatories, instruments, and new techniques,…
Here's the Total Solar Eclipse, Seen From Space
On Monday, April 8th, people across North America witnessed a rare celestial event known as a total solar eclipse. This…
WISPR Team Images Turbulence within Solar Transients for the First Time
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has been in studying the Sun for the last six years. In 2021 it was hit…
What Happens to Solar Systems When Stars Become White Dwarfs?
In a couple billion years, our Sun will be unrecognizable. It will swell up and become a red giant, then…
Someone Just Found SOHO's 5,000th Comet
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) was designed to examine the Sun, but as a side benefit, it has been…
Parker Solar Probe Was Blasted by Coronal Mass Ejections 28 Times in 4 Years
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) was launched on August 12, 2018, with the goal of becoming the first spacecraft to…
Look at How Much the Sun Has Changed in Just Two Years
The solar cycle has been reasonably well understood since 1843 when Samuel Schwabe spent 17 years observing the variation of…
NASA's Interstellar Mapping Probe Prepares for a 2025 Launch
Engineers at NASA have completed an important milestone in developing the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft. It's now…
We Should Hit Peak Solar Activity Next Year
You may be familiar with the solar cycle that follows a 22 year process shifting from solar minimum to maximum…