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Roughly every 11 years, at the height of the solar cycle, the Sun’s magnetic poles flip — on Earth, that’d be like the North and South Poles swapping places every decade — and the Sun transitions from sluggish to active and stormy.During the most active part of the cycle, known as solar maximum, the Sun can unleash immense explosions of light, energy, and solar radiation — all of which create conditions known as space weather. Space weather can affect satellites and astronauts in space, as well as communications systems — such as radio and GPS — and power grids on Earth. When the Sun is most active, space weather events become more frequent. 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These images come from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, a spacecraft launched in February 2010 to keep a constant watch on the Sun.The Sun is the only star that humans are able to observe in great detail, making it a vital source of information about the universe. The Solar Dynamics Observatory lets us see the Sun in wavelengths of ultraviolet light that would otherwise be invisible to our eyes. Each black-and-white image is colorized to the bright hues seen here.The stamps highlight different features on the Sun that help scientists learn about how our star works and how its constantly churning magnetic fields create the solar activity we see. Sunspots, coronal holes and coronal loops, for example, can reveal how those magnetic fields dance through the Sun and its atmosphere. Observing plasma blasts and solar flares can help us better understand and mitigate the impact of such eruptions on technology in space.The Sun Science stamps are being issued as Forever stamps, which will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price. || ", "hits": 45 }, { "id": 4910, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4910/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2021-06-01T16:00:00-04:00", "title": "2021 Annular Solar Eclipse", "description": "A visualization of the Moon's shadow during the June 10, 2021 annular solar eclipse showing the antumbra (black oval), penumbra (concentric shaded ovals), and path of annularity (red). 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Mission experts will discuss Solar Obiter’s uniquely tilted orbit, how the mission will capture the first images of the Sun’s North and South poles, and its ability to tackle major solar mysteries with its comprehensive suite of ten different instruments. The teleconference audio will stream live at:https://www.nasa.gov/liveParticipants include:•Nicola Fox, director of the Heliophysics Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington•Chris St. Cyr, former NASA project scientist for the mission at NASA Goddard•Yannis Zouganelis, ESA deputy project scientist for Solar Orbiter at the European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid, Spain•Anne Pacros, ESA Mission and Payload Manager || ", "hits": 41 }, { "id": 13529, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13529/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2020-01-27T10:45:00-05:00", "title": "NASA y ESA presentarán la última misión al Sol en una teleconferencia de prensa", "description": "Científicos de la NASA y la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA, por sus siglas en inglés) presentarán la misión Solar Orbiter, una colaboración de la ESA/NASA que está a punto de iniciar su viaje hacia el Sol, durante una teleconferencia de prensa en español el lunes 27 de enero de 2020 a las 11 am EST. Tres expertos de la misión describirán la órbita inclinada única del Solar Orbiter, cómo la misión capturará las primeras imágenes de los polos norte y sur del Sol, y la capacidad de la nave para abordar los principales misterios solares con su completo conjunto de diez instrumentos. 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The very first science from the Parker mission is just beginning to be shared, and five researchers presented new findings from the mission at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union on Dec. 11, 2019. Their research hints at the processes behind both the Sun's continual outflow of material — the solar wind — and more infrequent solar storms that can disrupt technology and endanger astronauts, along with new insight into space dust that creates the Geminids meteor shower.Speakers:Nicholeen Viall - Research Astrophysicist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterTim Horbury - Professor of Physics, Imperial College LondonKelly Korreck - Astrophysicist, Head of Science Operations for SWEAP Suite, Harvard and Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsNathan Schwadron - Presidential Chair, Norman S. and Anna Marie Waite Professor, University of New HampshireKarl Battams - Computational Scientist, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory || ", "hits": 132 }, { "id": 13502, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13502/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-12-10T17:00:00-05:00", "title": "AGU 2019 — Postcards from the edge of space: New images, new phenomena, and new insights", "description": "In a Dec. 10 press event at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, California, three scientists presented new images of the ionosphere, the dynamic region where Earth’s atmosphere meets space. Home to astronauts and everyday technology like radio and GPS, the ionosphere constantly responds to changes from space above and Earth below.The collection of images presented include the first images from NASA’s ICON, new science results from NASA’s GOLD, and observations of a fleeting, never-before-studied aurora. Together, they bring color to invisible processes that have widespread implications for the part of space that is closest to home.SPEAKERS:• Jennifer Briggs, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, United States• Richard Eastes, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States• Thomas Immel, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States || ", "hits": 80 }, { "id": 13282, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13282/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-12-04T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "5 New Discoveries from NASA's Parker Solar Probe", "description": "Music Credit: Smooth as Glass by The Freeharmonic OrchestraWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || parkerscience.thumb.jpg (1920x1080) [731.2 KB] || parkerscience.thumb_thm.png (80x40) [6.8 KB] || parkerscience.thumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [87.7 KB] || 13282_ParkerFirstScience_Twitter1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [53.4 MB] || 13282_ParkerFirstScience.YouTube1080.webm (1920x1080) [26.9 MB] || 13282_ParkerFirstScience.mp4 (1920x1080) [246.1 MB] || 13282_ParkerFirstScience_Mobile1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [194.5 MB] || 13282_ParkerFirstScience.YouTube1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [387.1 MB] || 13282_ParkerFirstScience_Twitter1080.en_US.srt [4.5 KB] || 13282_ParkerFirstScience_Twitter1080.en_US.vtt [4.5 KB] || 13282_ParkerFirstScienceMASTER.APR1080.mov (1920x1080) [3.2 GB] || ", "hits": 86 }, { "id": 13484, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13484/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-12-04T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Parker Solar Probe First Findings - Media Telecon", "description": "NASA to Present First Parker Solar Probe Findings in Media TeleconferenceNASA will announce the first results from the Parker Solar Probe mission, the agency's mission to \"touch\" the Sun, during a media teleconference at 1:30 pm EST on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019.Parker has traveled closer to our star than any human-made object before it. The teleconference will discuss the first papers from the principal investigators of the mission’s four instruments. The papers will be published online Wednesday in Nature at 1 pm EST.The teleconference audio will stream live at:https://www.nasa.gov/nasaliveParticipants in the call are: •Nicola Fox, director of the Heliophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington•Stuart Bale, principal investigator of the FIELDS instrument at the University of California, Berkeley•Justin Kasper, principal investigator of the SWEAP instrument at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor•Russ Howard, principal investigator of the WISPR instrument at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington•David McComas, principal investigator of the ISʘIS instrument at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. || ", "hits": 74 }, { "id": 13491, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13491/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-12-04T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA Science Live: New Discoveries from Our Mission to Touch the Sun (Episode 12)", "description": "NASA Science Live: New Discoveries from Our Mission to Touch the Sun (Episode 12) || 13491_NSL_Parker_Ep12.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [85.1 KB] || 13491_NSL_Parker_Ep12.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [82.0 KB] || 13491_NSL_Parker_Ep12.00001_thm.png (80x40) [5.7 KB] || 13491_NSL_Parker_Ep12_lowres.mp4 (1280x720) [1.1 GB] || 13491_NSL_Parker_Ep12_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [6.4 GB] || 13491_NSL_Parker_Ep12.mov (1280x720) [42.2 GB] || 13491_NSL_Parker_Ep12_youtube_720.webm (1280x720) [453.7 MB] || 13491_NSL_Parker_Ep12.en_US.srt [113.5 KB] || 13491_NSL_Parker_Ep12.en_US.vtt [106.5 KB] || ", "hits": 72 }, { "id": 13438, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13438/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-11-18T04:30:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's Sounding Rockets Show: Cutting-edge Science, 15 Minutes at a Time", "description": "Some of the smallest and lightest rockets in NASA’s lineup have made some of the biggest impacts on science. With a flight time of just about 15 minutes before falling back to Earth, sounding rockets collect unique observations on everything from our planet’s atmosphere to the Sun and even distant galaxies.Join us live to hear from scientists who have traveled to the ends of the Earth to launch sounding rockets, flown cutting-edge instruments on these suborbital flights, and used sounding rockets to make brand-new scientific discoveries.Watch on Facebook or YouTube. || ", "hits": 53 }, { "id": 4707, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4707/", "result_type": "Infographic", "release_date": "2019-02-22T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Solar Wind Infographic", "description": "Large image version. 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Learn about ICON’s science and meet the people — including an engineer, technician, and pilot — who will help launch the spacecraft into orbit.Learn more at: nasa.gov/icon || ", "hits": 49 }, { "id": 13105, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13105/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-11-02T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "First Perihelion: Into the Unknown with Parker Solar Probe", "description": "Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the JHU/APL YouTube channel. || 1803932PSPRISKmixedfinalscreener.03961_print.jpg (1024x576) [97.7 KB] || 1803932PSPRISKmixedfinalscreener.03961_searchweb.png (320x180) [78.1 KB] || 1803932PSPRISKmixedfinalscreener.03961_thm.png (80x40) [5.7 KB] || 1803932PSPRISKmixedfinalscreener.mp4 (1280x720) [130.4 MB] || 1803932PSPRISKmixedfinalscreener.webm (1280x720) [23.0 MB] || FirstPerihelioncaptions.en_US.srt [3.5 KB] || FirstPerihelioncaptions.en_US.vtt [3.6 KB] || ", "hits": 176 }, { "id": 12971, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12971/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-10-19T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Unboxing a New NASA Spacecraft", "description": "Go behind the scenes as we unbox NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, after its arrival at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Northrop Grumman engineer Steve Turek and NASA EDGE’s Chris Giersch walk us through the whole process of unboxing a spacecraft – from the instrument that records every tiny bump on its journey to the special crane used to lift the spacecraft to its new home.ICON launches in fall 2018 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to study Earth’s interface to space. Read more about the ICON mission: nasa.gov/icon || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 13072, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13072/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-09-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Parker Solar Probe First Light Data", "description": "Just over a month into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned first-light data from each of its four instrument suites. These early observations – while not yet examples of the key science observations Parker Solar Probe will take closer to the Sun – show that each of the instruments is working well. The instruments work in tandem to measure the Sun's electric and magnetic fields, particles from the Sun and the solar wind, and capture images of the environment around the spacecraft. The mission’s first close approach to the Sun will be in November 2018, but even now, the instruments are able to gather measurements of what’s happening in the solar wind closer to Earth. || ", "hits": 124 }, { "id": 13046, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13046/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-08-22T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sunset Show for Parker Solar Probe", "description": "Early in the morning of Aug. 12, NASA launched Parker Solar Probe, humanity’s first mission to the Sun. This spacecraft will fly closer to the Sun than any before it, in a daring journey facing brutal heat and radiation. Parker Solar Probe sets its sights on the Sun’s scorching outer atmosphere, called the corona, in order to solve our star’s greatest mysteries. It will revolutionize our understanding not only of the Sun, but also the space around us, and even the lives of stars beyond our solar system — crucial information as we explore more of space.On Aug. 10, scientists and mission experts gathered at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for a live sunset show — one of the last times the Sun set on Parker Solar Probe before it launched — to talk about what this landmark mission will teach us of the Sun. Guests included: - Jim Spann, Chief Solar Scientist, NASA HQ- Yari Collado-Vega, Space Weather Scientist, NASA Goddard- C. Alex Young, Solar Scientist, NASA Goddard- Nicola Fox, Parker Solar Probe Project Scientist, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 13017, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13017/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-08-08T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "It's Surprisingly Hard to Go to the Sun", "description": "Why does the Parker Solar Probe have such a long and complex orbit to get close to the Sun? Why doesn't it just fall right toward it? Turns out it's a lot harder to approach the Sun than you might think. 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Capturing never-before-seen images of Earth’s upper atmosphere, GOLD explores in unprecedented detail our space environment — which is home to astronauts, radio signals used to guide airplanes and ships, as well as satellites that provide communications and GPS systems. The more we know about the fundamental physics of this region of space, the more we can protect our assets there.Gathering observations from geostationary orbit above the Western Hemisphere, GOLD measures the temperature and composition of neutral gases in Earth’s thermosphere. This part of the atmosphere co-mingles with the ionosphere, which is made up of charged particles. Both the Sun from above and terrestrial weather from below can change the types, numbers, and characteristics of the particles found here — and GOLD helps track those changes.Activity in this region is responsible for a variety of key space weather events. GOLD scientists are particularly interested in the cause of dense, unpredictable bubbles of charged gas that appear over the equator and tropics, sometimes causing communication problems. As we discover the very nature of the Sun-Earth interaction in this region, the mission could ultimately lead to ways to improve forecasts of such space weather and mitigate its effects. || ", "hits": 90 }, { "id": 4610, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4610/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2018-01-19T15:00:00-05:00", "title": "GOLD: Instrument Scanning Coverage", "description": "Visualization of GOLD orbiting Earth with image scanning. This version presents the singly-ionized oxygen density from the IRI model. || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview3_Oion.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.001400_print.jpg (1024x576) [90.3 KB] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview3_Oion.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.001400_searchweb.png (320x180) [79.2 KB] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview3_Oion.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.001400_thm.png (80x40) [6.1 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview4_Oion.HD1080i_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [38.5 MB] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview4_Oion.HD1080i_p30.webm (1920x1080) [10.0 MB] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview4_Oion.HD1080i_p30.mp4.hwshow [204 bytes] || ", "hits": 188 }, { "id": 12789, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12789/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-12-11T12:30:00-05:00", "title": "AGU Press Conference - Eclipse 2017: Studying the Sun-Earth Connection and More from the Moon’s Shadow", "description": "While people across North America took in the Aug. 21 eclipse, hundreds of citizen, student, and professional scientists were collecting scientific data. They gathered data with telescopes on the ground, balloons launched to the stratosphere, jets chasing the Moon’s shadow, and satellites far above Earth. In this panel, participants will share some of the initial results from a cross-section of these studies, in fields ranging from solar physics to Earth science to space biology. Panelists:•Lika Guhathakurta, NASA Headquarters/NASA Ames Research Center•Amir Caspi, Southwest Research Institute•Matt Penn, National Solar Observatory •Angela Des Jardins, Montana State University•Greg Earle, Virginia Tech •Jay Herman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland Baltimore County || ", "hits": 38 }, { "id": 12795, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12795/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-12-06T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "Parker Solar Probe: Environmental Testing", "description": "NASA’s Parker Solar Probe passed laser illumination testing the week of Nov. 27, 2017. During this test, each segment of the spacecraft’s solar panels was illuminated with lasers to check that they were still electrically connected after the vigorous vibration and acoustic testing completed earlier this fall. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is in the midst of intense environmental testing at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in preparation for its journey to the Sun. These tests have simulated the noise and shaking the spacecraft will experience during its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, scheduled for July 31, 2018.Parker Solar Probe’s integration and testing team must check over the spacecraft and systems to make sure everything is still in optimal working condition after experiencing these rigorous conditions – including a check of the solar arrays, which will provide electrical power to the spacecraft.Parker Solar Probe will explore the Sun's outer atmosphere and make critical observations that will answer decades-old questions about the physics of stars. The resulting data will also help improve how we forecast major eruptions on the Sun and subsequent space weather events that can impact life on Earth, as well as satellites and astronauts in space. The mission is named for Eugene N. Parker, whose profound insights into solar physics and processes have helped shape the field of heliophysics.Link to Parker Solar Probe blog post. || ", "hits": 128 }, { "id": 4594, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4594/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2017-10-31T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "ICON Scans the Ionosphere", "description": "ICON orbits Earth at 575 kilometers altitude, measuring the composition and motions of the ionosphere. || IRIDaily.limbwICON_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.000870_print.jpg (1024x576) [105.7 KB] || IRIDaily.limbwICON_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.000870_searchweb.png (320x180) [63.8 KB] || IRIDaily.limbwICON_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.000870_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || IRIDaily.limbwICON_OionHwindIGRF.HD1080i_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [76.4 MB] || IRIDaily.limbwICON_OionHwindIGRF.HD1080i_p30.webm (1920x1080) [10.9 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_30p (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || IRIDaily.limbwICON_OionHwindIGRF.UHD3840_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [217.4 MB] || IRIDaily.limbwICON_OionHwindIGRF.HD1080i_p30.mp4.hwshow [210 bytes] || ", "hits": 109 }, { "id": 12729, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12729/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-09-22T19:00:00-04:00", "title": "Parker Solar Probe Animations", "description": "Animated Sequence Of Parker Solar ProbeCredit: NASA/JHUAPL || ParkerSolarProbe-AnimatedSequence.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [41.9 KB] || ParkerSolarProbe-AnimatedSequence.00001_searchweb.png (180x320) [37.2 KB] || ParkerSolarProbe-AnimatedSequence.00001_web.png (320x180) [37.2 KB] || ParkerSolarProbe-AnimatedSequence.00001_thm.png (80x40) [3.2 KB] || ParkerAnimatedSeq.mov (1920x1080) [2.9 GB] || ParkerAnimatedSeq.mp4 (1920x1080) [343.1 MB] || ParkerAnimatedSeq.webm (1920x1080) [21.1 MB] || ", "hits": 136 }, { "id": 12726, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12726/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-09-22T18:00:00-04:00", "title": "Parker Solar Probe: Testing and Integration", "description": "Main flight harness installation.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL || LARGE_MP4-12726_ParkerSolarProbe_17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072_large.00021_print.jpg (1024x576) [120.4 KB] || LARGE_MP4-12726_ParkerSolarProbe_17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072_large.00021_searchweb.png (320x180) [75.4 KB] || LARGE_MP4-12726_ParkerSolarProbe_17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072_large.00021_web.png (320x180) [75.4 KB] || LARGE_MP4-12726_ParkerSolarProbe_17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072_large.00021_thm.png (80x40) [5.6 KB] || 12726_ParkerSolarProbe_17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072_prores.mov (1920x1080) [2.9 GB] || PRORES_B-ROLL-12726_ParkerSolarProbe_17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072_prores.mov (1280x720) [1.5 GB] || YOUTUBE_1080-12726_ParkerSolarProbe_17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [373.7 MB] || APPLE_TV-12726_ParkerSolarProbe_17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [117.9 MB] || NASA_TV-12726_ParkerSolarProbe_17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072.mpeg (1280x720) [697.9 MB] || LARGE_MP4-12726_ParkerSolarProbe_17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [209.3 MB] || 17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [408.5 MB] || LARGE_MP4-12726_ParkerSolarProbe_blanketing_17-08-01-08_SPP_Timelapse_17-00_large.webm (1280x720) [15.6 MB] || NASA_PODCAST-12726_ParkerSolarProbe_17-04-05_Top_Deck_SACS_Installation_Dolbow_Ruiz_17-00072_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [38.5 MB] || ", "hits": 55 }, { "id": 12728, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12728/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-09-22T17:00:00-04:00", "title": "What is Parker Solar Probe?", "description": "Parker Solar Probe will swoop to within four million miles of the Sun's surface, facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it. Launching in 2018, Parker Solar Probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space-weather events that impact life on Earth.Parker Solar Probe is an extraordinary and historic mission exploring arguably the last and most important region of the solar system to be visited by a spacecraft to finally answer top-priority science goals for over five decades.But we don't do this just for the basic science.One recent study by the National Academy of Sciences estimated that without advance warning a huge solar event could cause two trillion dollars in damage in the U.S. alone, and the eastern seaboard of the U.S. could be without power for a year.In order to unlock the mysteries of the corona, but also to protect a society that is increasingly dependent on technology from the threats of space weather, we will send Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun. || ", "hits": 88 }, { "id": 12698, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12698/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-08-30T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "What Spacecraft Saw During the 2017 Solar Eclipse", "description": "On Aug. 21, 2017, a solar eclipse passed over North America. People throughout the continent experienced a partial solar eclipse, and a total solar eclipse passed over a narrow swath of land stretching from Oregon to South Carolina, called the path of totality. NASA and its partner’s satellites had a unique vantage point to watch the eclipse. Several Sun-watching satellites were in a position to see the Moon cross in front of the Sun, while many Earth-observing satellites – and NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which typically images the Moon’s landscape – captured images of the Moon’s shadow on Earth’s surface. See more and download content at https://go.nasa.gov/2x7b8kf || ", "hits": 52 }, { "id": 12703, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12703/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-08-29T16:00:00-04:00", "title": "Eclipse Imagery Along Path of Totality", "description": "Carbondale, IL - The Eclipse Ballooning Project inflating high altitude balloons in Saluki Stadium during the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse. 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Representatives from NASA, other federal agencies, and science organizations, will provide important viewing safety, travel and science information during two briefings at the Newseum in Washington starting at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 21.The event will air live on NASA Television and stream on the agency’s website.Over the course of 100 minutes, 14 states across the United States will experience more than two minutes of darkness in the middle of the day. Additionally, a partial eclipse will be viewable across all of North America. The eclipse will provide a unique opportunity to study the sun, Earth, moon and their interaction because of the eclipse’s long path over land coast to coast. Scientists will be able to take ground-based and airborne observations over a period of an hour and a half to complement the wealth of data and images provided by space assets.The June 21 briefings are:Logistics Briefing: 1 to 2 p.m.Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at the agency’s headquarters in WashingtonVanessa Griffin, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Satellite and Product Operations in Suitland, MarylandBrian Carlstrom, deputy associate director of Natural Resource Stewardship and Science at the National Park Service in WashingtonMartin Knopp, associate administrator of the Office of Operations in the Federal Highway Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation in WashingtonScience Briefing: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.Thomas ZurbuchenAngela Des Jardins, principal investigator of the Eclipse Ballooning Project at Montana State University, BozemanAngela Speck, professor of astrophysics and director of astronomy at the University of Missouri, ColumbiaDave Boboltz, program director of solar physics in the Division of Astronomical Sciences at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, VirginiaLinda Shore, executive director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in San FranciscoMatt Penn, astronomer at the National Solar Observatory in Tucson, Arizona || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 12637, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12637/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-06-21T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "How to Safely Watch a Solar Eclipse", "description": "It is never safe to look directly at the sun's rays – even if the sun is partly obscured. When watching a partial eclipse you must wear eclipse glasses at all times if you want to face the sun, or use an alternate indirect method. This also applies during a total eclipse up until the time when the sun is completely and totally blocked.During the short time when the moon completely obscures the sun – known as the period of totality – it is safe to look directly at the star, but it's crucial that you know when to take off and put back on your glasses.First and foremost: Check for local information on timing of when the total eclipse will begin and end. NASA's page of eclipse times is a good place to start. Second: The sun also provides important clues for when totality is about to start and end.Learn more at https://eclipse2017.nasa.govFind more videos about the solar ecilpse on the Sun Eclipse 2017 gallery page. || ", "hits": 91 }, { "id": 12551, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12551/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-06-21T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Get Ready for the 2017 Solar Eclipse", "description": "Music credit: Ascending Lanterns by Philip HochstrateWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || promothumb.jpg (1920x1080) [115.5 KB] || promothumb_print.jpg (1024x576) [101.0 KB] || promothumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [79.9 KB] || promothumb_web.png (320x180) [79.9 KB] || promothumb_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || 12551_Eclipse_Promo_V3.540.AppleTV.H264.2997.mp4 (960x540) [16.7 MB] || 12551_Eclipse_Promo_V3.1080p.H264.2997.webm (1920x1080) [13.7 MB] || 12551_Eclipse_Promo_V3.1080p.H264.2997.mp4 (1920x1080) [336.1 MB] || 12551_Eclipse_Promo_2017_V2.en_US.srt [1.7 KB] || 12551_Eclipse_Promo_2017_V2.en_US.vtt [1.7 KB] || 12551_Eclipse_Promo_V3.4KAPR2997.webm (3840x2160) [14.9 MB] || 12551_Eclipse_Promo_V3.4K.H264.2997.mp4 (3840x2160) [122.0 MB] || 12551_Eclipse_Promo_V3.1080.APR5994.mov (1920x1080) [3.1 GB] || 12551_Eclipse_Promo_V3.4KAPR2997.mov (3840x2160) [6.1 GB] || ", "hits": 37 }, { "id": 4539, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4539/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2017-01-13T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "Exploring Earth's Ionosphere: Limb view with approach", "description": "Oxygen ion enhancements at 350km altitude, ionospheric winds at altitudes of 100 km (white) and 350 km (violet) and the low-latitude geomagnetic field. || IRIDaily.zoom2limb_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.000400_print.jpg (1024x576) [92.1 KB] || IRIDaily.zoom2limb_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.000400_searchweb.png (320x180) [58.1 KB] || IRIDaily.zoom2limb_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.000400_thm.png (80x40) [4.9 KB] || IRIDaily.zoom2limb_OionHwindIGRF.HD1080i_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [89.8 MB] || OionHwindIGRF (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || IRIDaily.zoom2limb_OionHwindIGRF.HD1080i_p30.webm (1920x1080) [8.6 MB] || OionHwindIGRF (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || IRIDaily.zoom2limb_OionHwindIGRF.2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [274.0 MB] || IRIDaily.zoom2limb_OionHwindIGRF.HD1080i_p30.mp4.hwshow [210 bytes] || ", "hits": 73 }, { "id": 4540, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4540/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2017-01-13T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "Exploring Earth's Ionosphere: Limb view", "description": "This visualization presents data on the concentration of the singly-ionized oxygen atom (rainbow color table, red is highest concentration), the low-latitude geomagnetic field (gold field lines) and the ionospheric winds at two altitude levels, 100km (white) and 350 km (violet). || IRIDaily.limb_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.000750_print.jpg (1024x576) [101.4 KB] || IRIDaily.limb_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.000750_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || IRIDaily.limb_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.HD1080i.000750_searchweb.png (320x180) [62.5 KB] || IRIDaily.limb_OionHwindIGRF.HD1080i_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [88.3 MB] || OionHwindIGRF (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || OionHwindIGRF (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || IRIDaily.limb_OionHwindIGRF.2160p30.webm (3840x2160) [12.4 MB] || IRIDaily.limb_OionHwindIGRF.2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [274.0 MB] || IRIDaily.limb_OionHwindIGRF.HD1080i_p30.mp4.hwshow [205 bytes] || ", "hits": 90 }, { "id": 4527, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4527/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2016-12-14T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "ICON and GOLD: Instrument Scanning Coverage", "description": "Visualization of ICON and GOLD orbiting Earth with image scanning. This version presents several geospace models, including the singly-ionized oxygen density, the low-latitude geomagnetic field, and the high-altitude winds (100km and 350km altitudes). || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview3_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.UHD3840.001140_print.jpg (1024x576) [130.5 KB] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview3_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.UHD3840.001140_searchweb.png (320x180) [85.0 KB] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview3_OionHwindIGRF.clockSlate_CRTT.UHD3840.001140_thm.png (80x40) [5.9 KB] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview3_OionHwindIGRF.HD1080i_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [82.0 MB] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview3_OionHwindIGRF (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview3_OionHwindIGRF.HD1080i_p30.webm (1920x1080) [7.6 MB] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview3_OionHwindIGRF (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || IRIGOLDscan.GOLDview3_OionHwindIGRF_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [258.1 MB] || ", "hits": 56 }, { "id": 4498, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4498/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2016-10-27T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "ICON and GOLD: Exploring the Interface to Space", "description": "A basic view of the orbits for ICON (Ionospheric Connections Explorer) and GOLD (Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk). These missions will conduct measurements of ionospheric composition, ionization, and winds to better understand the connection between space weather and its terrestrial impacts.In this visualization, we present GOLD (in geostationary orbit around Earth) and ICON (in low Earth orbit). The colors over Earth represent model data from the IRI (International Reference Ionosphere) model of the density of the singly-ionized oxygen atom at an altitude of 350 kilometers. Red represents high density. The ion density is enhanced above and below the geomagnetic equator (not perfectly aligned with the geographic equator) on the dayside due to the ionizing effects of solar ultraviolet radiation combined with the effects of high-altitude winds and the geomagnetic field. || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 4503, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4503/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2016-10-27T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Exploring the Ionosphere: The View from GOLD", "description": "Closeup view of Earth from the perspective of the GOLD instrument. This version interpolates the IRI model to a higher time cadence for a smoother animation. || IRIDaily.GOLDview_O+ion_O+ionSlice.clockSlate_CRTT.UHD3840.001002_print.jpg (1024x576) [50.7 KB] || IRIDaily.GOLDview_O+ion_O+ionSlice.IRIinterp.HD1080i_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [56.7 MB] || IRI.interpolate (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || IRIDaily.GOLDview_O+ion_O+ionSlice.IRIinterp.HD1080i_p30.webm (1920x1080) [17.1 MB] || IRI.interpolate (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || IRIDaily.GOLDview_O+ion_O+ionSlice.IRIinterp_4503.key [57.9 MB] || IRIDaily.GOLDview_O+ion_O+ionSlice.IRIinterp_4503.pptx [57.6 MB] || IRIDaily.GOLDview_O+ion_O+ionSlice.IRIinterp_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [200.2 MB] || ", "hits": 63 }, { "id": 4504, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4504/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2016-10-27T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Exploring the Ionosphere: The Dayside Ionosphere", "description": "A view of the singly-ionizing oxygen atom on the dayside of Earth. This represents the variation of the enhancments due to variation in the geomagnetic field. 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"https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12377/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-09-29T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar Surveyor", "description": "The Hinode Solar Observatory celebrates 10 years in space. || cz-1024.jpg (1024x576) [120.8 KB] || cz-1280.jpg (1280x720) [161.4 KB] || cz-1024_print.jpg (1024x576) [127.4 KB] || cz-1024_searchweb.png (320x180) [49.2 KB] || cz-1024_web.png (320x180) [49.2 KB] || cz-1024_thm.png (80x40) [4.2 KB] || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 12379, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12379/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-09-28T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Space Radiation Highlights", "description": "A collection of space radiation highlights featuring:NASA's Van Allen ProbesNASA's CubeSats || ", "hits": 77 }, { "id": 12363, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12363/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-09-23T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA-Funded Sounding Rocket Solves One Cosmic Mystery, Reveals Another", "description": "DXL.jpg (1280x720) [59.0 KB] || 12363_DXL_ProRes422.mov (1920x1080) [1.3 GB] || DXL_v2.mp4 (1920x1080) [50.9 MB] || 12363_DXL_ProRes422.webm (1920x1080) [5.1 MB] || DXL_v2.en_US.srt [387 bytes] || DXL_v2.en_US.vtt [400 bytes] || ", "hits": 86 }, { "id": 12292, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12292/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-06-24T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar Highlights of 2016/2017", "description": "A collection of solar highlights featuring:- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)- NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission- ESA/NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)- NASA's Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) mission || ", "hits": 148 }, { "id": 12229, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12229/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-04-28T17:23:20-04:00", "title": "An Explosion On The Sun", "description": "A NASA spacecraft captures stunning views of a solar flare. || 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"2015-12-03T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "20 Years In Space", "description": "The sun-observing SOHO spacecraft celebrates two decades of space-based science. || cf-1024.jpg (1024x576) [113.9 KB] || cf-1024_print.jpg (1024x576) [119.4 KB] || cf-1024_searchweb.png (320x180) [70.6 KB] || cf-1024_web.png (320x180) [70.6 KB] || cf-1024_thm.png (80x40) [16.1 KB] || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 12040, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12040/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-11-04T16:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA Observes Auroras Across Canada", "description": "These aurora images were taken from the ground looking up with a network of all-sky cameras spread across Canada, studying auroras in collaboration with NASA’s Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms, or THEMIS, mission. Taking images of aurora from the ground in conjunction with satellite data taken from above the atmosphere gives scientists a more comprehensive picture of how and why the aurora form. The ground-based camera network is also observing this week’s auroras. The aurora data is provided courtesy of S. Mende at University California Berkeley and E. Donovan at the University of Calgary, logistical support in fielding and data retrieval from the ground-based stations is provided by the Canadian Space Agency. The array of aurora images is funded by NSF in support of GIMNAST through grant AGS-1004736.Credit: NASA/CSA/University of California, Berkeley/University of Calgary/NSF || Storm_0386.jpg (1944x1080) [1.4 MB] || Storm_0386_print.jpg (1024x568) [476.9 KB] || Storm_0386_searchweb.png (180x320) [150.3 KB] || Storm_0386_thm.png (80x40) [33.8 KB] || 1944x1080_16x9_20p (1944x1080) [128.0 KB] || Auroras_Across_Canada-MPEG4_1944x1080_24.mp4 (1944x1080) [54.0 MB] || Auroras_Across_Canada_ProRes_1944x1080_24.webm (1944x1080) [10.3 MB] || Auroras_Across_Canada_ProRes_1944x1080_24.mov (1944x1080) [1.4 GB] || Auroras_Across_Canada-H264_Best_1944x1080_24.mov (1944x1080) [658.5 MB] || Auroras_Across_Canada-H264_Good_1944x1080_24.mov (1944x1080) [130.4 MB] || Auroras_Across_Canada.hwshow [223 bytes] || ", "hits": 37 }, { "id": 11993, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11993/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-09-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "SDO Transit - September 2015", "description": "The Earth and moon photobomb SDO.Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel. || sdophotobombthumb.jpg (1280x720) [78.0 KB] || G2015-072_SDOtransit9.13.15.mov (1920x1080) [1.3 GB] || G2015-072_SDOtransit9.13.15.webm (1920x1080) [5.7 MB] || G2015-072_SDOtransit9.13.15-H264_Best_1920x1080_59.94.mov (1920x1080) [253.2 MB] || G2015-072_SDOtransit9.13.15-H264_Good_1080_29.97.mov (1920x1080) [48.7 MB] || G2015-072_SDOtransit9.13.15_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [131.1 MB] || G2015-072_SDOtransit9.13.15_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [30.9 MB] || G2015-072_SDOtransit9.13.15_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [30.9 MB] || G2015-072_SDOtransit9.en_US.srt [514 bytes] || G2015-072_SDOtransit9.en_US.vtt [527 bytes] || G2015-072_SDOtransit9.13.15_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [12.1 MB] || ", "hits": 33 }, { "id": 11905, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11905/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-06-23T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Space Weather Imagery of June 22 - 23, 2015 Events", "description": "The sun emitted a CME and mid-level solar flare, peaking at 2:23 p.m. EDT, on June 22, 2015. Again on June 25, 2015, a mid-level solar flare peaked at 4:16 a.m. EDT.NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however -- when intense enough -- they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel. To see how this event may affect Earth, please visit NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center at http://spaceweather.gov, the U.S. government's official source for space weather forecasts, alerts, watches and warnings. This first flare is classified as an M6.6 flare and the second was M7.9. M-class flares are a tenth the size of the most intense flares, the X-class flares. The number provides more information about its strength. An M2 is twice as intense as an M1, an M3 is three times as intense, etc. || ", "hits": 58 } ] }