[SwRI] A new Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) study based on data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has uncovered fascinating insights into why the solar wind gradually slows as it moves […]
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A Surprising Phenomenon Found In NASA Data From Mars
Data beamed back from Mars by the NASA spacecraft MAVEN provides the first evidence that a phenomenon protecting planets from solar winds can occur in the atmospheres of worlds that […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Comets and Asteroids, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Meteorites & Asteroids, Space Weather & Heliophysics, Status Report
Hydration Features on Near-Earth Objects: Integrating New Data with Prior Results
Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are excellent laboratories for testing processes that affect airless bodies, as well as informing us about solar system history.
Posted inInterstellar, Sample Return, Space Weather & Heliophysics, Status Report
NASA Genesis Solar Wind Sample Collection Update
After careful consideration and thorough evaluation of our current work priorities, resources, and budget constraints, we have decided to transition the Genesis collection from an active collection into preservation-mode. While […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, bioelectricity,, Space Weather & Heliophysics, Status Report
Impacts Of Tidal Locking On Magnetospheric Energy Input To Exoplanet Atmospheres
We investigate the effect of planetary corotation on energy dissipation within the magnetosphere-ionosphere system of exoplanets.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Impact events, Meteorites & Asteroids, Moon, Press Release, Space Weather & Heliophysics
The Solar Wind Can Apparently Make Water On The Lunar Surface
Scientists have hypothesized since the 1960s that the Sun is a source of ingredients that form water on the Moon. When a stream of charged particles known as the solar […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Comets and Asteroids, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Space Weather & Heliophysics, Status Report
Prospects For The Crossing By Earth Of Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS’s Ion Tail
The Earth will pass approximately downstream of the previous position of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) during 2024 October 10-13.
Posted inInterstellar, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Space Weather & Heliophysics
The Voyager 1 Interstellar Probe Is Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is conducting normal science operations for the first time following a technical issue that arose in November 2023.
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Mars, Press Release, Radiation, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Space Weather & Heliophysics
Studying The Impact Of Solar Storms At Mars
The Sun will be at peak activity this year, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms and radiation could affect future astronauts on the Red Planet.
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The Oldest Undisputed Evidence Of Earth’s Magnetic Field
Without its magnetic field, life on Earth would not be possible since this shields us from harmful cosmic radiation and charged particles emitted by the Sun (the ‘solar wind’). But […]