NASA has selected a proposed solar mission for further study as part of its Small Explorer programme, extending early design ...

The Sun has never looked quite like this. With a quartet of small satellites flying in formation, NASA’s PUNCH mission is stitching together a seamless, cinematic view of solar eruptions as they leave ...

NASA's new CMEx mission will measure the Sun's chromosphere magnetism, the origin of solar storms, hoping to improve solar ...

Surrounding the Earth is a vast protective bubble called the heliosphere, formed by the solar wind that streams outward from the Sun. Scientists want to know what shapes this bubble and how it ...

The Sun is an energetic star, constantly radiating energy and pumping streams of charged particles out into space. And while this solar wind can be dangerous in itself, without it, Earth and all the ...

NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

The NASA Space Weather Program studies how weather in space affects not only humans on Earth, but also how it could create challenges for astronauts and spacecraft on missions. Space weather is a term ...

Editor's note: NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7:30 a.m. for the launch of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather missions. Much as ...