Lightning, when coupled with solar flares, can knock electrons flying above the Earth out of place. AP Photo/David Zalubowski There are trillions of charged particles – protons and electrons, the ...

The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on – electric grids, aviation and telecommunications – are all vulnerable to the same threat: space weather. Space ...

Accurate, real-time monitoring of ionospheric dynamics is essential for understanding space weather and protecting satellite-based navigation and communication systems.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX launched three satellites early Wednesday on a million-mile trip to tackle the mysteries of space weather, including how to protect from the sun’s disruptive and ...

Unblinking, his furrowed brow wrinkles slightly as his eyes sharpen their gaze. After several more minutes, his piercing glance finds a change in the sun’s surface — a change he has been anticipating.

There are trillions of charged particles – protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter – whizzing around above your head at any given time. These high-energy particles, which can travel ...

Right. Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, they all have their own types of weather. In this case, we're talking a lot about the sun and how the sun, you know, and its interaction with the air or lack thereof, ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the left side of the image – on Jan. 9, 2023. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet ...

The powerful GOES-19 satellites, one of the most advanced ever built, has taken on a new name. The final satellite in NOAA's GOES-R weather satellite series has a new place in orbit … and a new name.

Aerospace giant Airbus is recalling nearly half its global fleet. This action follows an incident where an aircraft lost ...