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IMAP provides near-real-time information about the solar wind to provide advanced space weather warnings from its location at Lagrange point 1, one million miles from Earth toward the Sun.\n\nThe mission launched on Sept. 24, 2025, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.\n\nLearn more: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/imap/", "hits": 397 }, { "id": 40532, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/punch/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2025-01-22T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "PUNCH – Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere", "description": "NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission is a constellation of four small satellites in low Earth orbit capturing global, 3D observations of the Sun's corona to better understand how the mass and energy there becomes the solar wind, a stream of charged particles from the Sun that fills the solar system. By using PUNCH to image the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together, scientists hope to better understand the entire inner heliosphere — including the Sun, solar wind, and Earth — as a single connected system.\n\nPUNCH launched on March 11, 2025, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.\n\nLearn more: science.nasa.gov/mission/punch", "hits": 225 }, { "id": 14683, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14683/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-10-15T13:30:00-04:00", "title": "NASA, NOAA Announce That the Sun Has Reached the Solar Maximum Period", "description": "In a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), and the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced the Sun has reached its solar maximum period.The solar cycle is the natural cycle of the Sun as it transitions between low and high activity. 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. Solar activity, such as the storm in May 2024, has led to increased aurora visibility and impacts on satellites and infrastructure in recent months.Listen to the media telecon.Read NASA's article about the news. || ", "hits": 836 }, { "id": 40523, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/escapade/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2024-09-04T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "ESCAPADE – Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorer", "description": "Using two identical spacecraft in orbit around Mars, the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission will investigate how a stream of charged particles from the Sun called the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetic environment and how this interaction drives the planet’s atmospheric escape. The first coordinated multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to the Red Planet, ESCAPADE will use its twin orbiters to take simultaneous observations from different locations around Mars to reveal the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time. The data returned from ESCAPADE will provide new insight into the evolution of Mars’ climate, helping to understand how Mars began losing its atmosphere and water.\n\nESCAPADE launched on Nov. 13, 2025, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is expected to reach Mars in September 2027.\n\nLearn more: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/escapade/ ", "hits": 300 }, { "id": 14045, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14045/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2021-12-14T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun For The First Time", "description": "For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and magnetic fields there. The new milestone marks one major step for Parker Solar Probe and one giant leap for solar science. Just as landing on the Moon allowed scientists to understand how it was formed, touching the very stuff the Sun is made of will help scientists uncover critical information about our closest star and its influence on the solar system. More information here. || ", "hits": 243 }, { "id": 4911, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4911/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2021-07-23T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Aging (Instruments) in Space", "description": "The space environment is harsh not only on humans and other living organisms, but instruments also.Damage from solar energetic particles and cosmic rays can slowly degrade performance of an instrument. Fortunately there are ways to characterize and correct for this degradation. 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The Sun’s outbursts—including eruptions known as solar flares and coronal mass ejections—can disturb the satellites and communications signals traveling around Earth, or one day, Artemis astronauts exploring distant worlds. Scientists study the solar cycle so we can better predict solar activity.Click here for the NOAA press kit.Listen to the media telecon.Participants:• Lisa Upton, Co-chair, Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel; Solar Physicist, Space Systems Research Corporation• Doug Biesecker, Solar Physicist, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center; Co-chair, Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel• Elsayed Talaat, Director, Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service • Lika Guhathakurta, Heliophysicist, Heliophysics Division, NASA Headquarters • Jake Bleacher, Chief Exploration Scientist, NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate || ", "hits": 289 }, { "id": 40421, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/the-solar-cycle/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2020-09-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Solar Cycle", "description": "Solar Cycle 25 has begun. 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The Sun’s outbursts—including eruptions known as solar flares and coronal mass ejections—can disturb the satellites and communications signals traveling around Earth, or one day, Artemis astronauts exploring distant worlds. Scientists study the solar cycle so we can better predict solar activity.", "hits": 95 }, { "id": 20320, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20320/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2020-08-14T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar Energetic Particles", "description": "The Sun goes through phases of strong activity, during which eruptions can occur. Such eruptions can have multiple components, including X rays, coronal mass ejection plasma, and solar energetic particles – bursts or events of fast-moving particles. These events can occur suddenly and have the potential to rapidly change the radiation environment of wide swaths of the inner solar system where they may create hazardous conditions. Not only are such conditions dangerous for humans in space, but the intense ionizing radiation can also affect the interior of spacecraft, including sensitive electronics. Solar energetic particles can reach all regions of near-Earth space, including the lunar surface, with the exception of low-altitude and low-latitude Earth orbit, where the Earth’s magnetic field is strong enough to form a protective barrier. || ", "hits": 400 }, { "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": 68 }, { "id": 13275, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13275/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-08-07T11:30:00-04:00", "title": "How NASA Will Protect Astronauts From Space Radiation", "description": "Today, the Apollo-era flares serve as a reminder of the threat of radiation exposure for technology and astronauts in space. Understanding and predicting solar eruptions is crucial for safe space exploration. Almost 50 years since those 1972 storms, the data, technology and resources available to NASA have improved, enabling advancements towards space weather forecasts and astronaut protection — key to NASA’s Artemis program to return astronauts to the Moon.", "hits": 734 }, { "id": 40357, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/sdo4k-content/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2018-09-13T09:22:28-04:00", "title": "SDO: 4k Content", "description": "Since 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory has taken 60 million images of the sun and 2 comets. 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The spacecraft will fly directly into the Sun's atmosphere where, from a distance of – at the closest approach -- approximately 4 million miles from its surface, the spacecraft will trace how energy and heat move through the Sun’s atmosphere and explore what accelerates the solar wind and solar energetic particles. || KSC-20180812-VP-CDC01-0001-Parker_Solar_Probe_Live_Launch_Coverage-3197825~orig.00016_print.jpg (1024x576) [74.7 KB] || KSC-20180812-VP-CDC01-0001-Parker_Solar_Probe_Live_Launch_Coverage-3197825~orig.00016_searchweb.png (320x180) [65.8 KB] || KSC-20180812-VP-CDC01-0001-Parker_Solar_Probe_Live_Launch_Coverage-3197825~orig.00016_web.png (320x180) [65.8 KB] || KSC-20180812-VP-CDC01-0001-Parker_Solar_Probe_Live_Launch_Coverage-3197825~orig.00016_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || KSC-20180812-VP-CDC01-0001-Parker_Solar_Probe_Live_Launch_Coverage-3197825~orig.mp4 (1280x720) [6.4 GB] || KSC-20180812-VP-CDC01-0001-Parker_Solar_Probe_Live_Launch_Coverage-3197825~orig.webm (1280x720) [749.7 MB] || KSC-20180812-VP-CDC01-0001-Parker_Solar_Probe_Live_Launch_Coverage-3197825.en_US.srt [117.3 KB] || KSC-20180812-VP-CDC01-0001-Parker_Solar_Probe_Live_Launch_Coverage-3197825.en_US.vtt [110.7 KB] || ", "hits": 62 }, { "id": 13001, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13001/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-07-30T11:50:00-04:00", "title": "Parker Solar Probe", "description": "NASA's mission to touch the Sun begins its journey in 2018 || 01_Cover_forStory.png (1280x720) [920.1 KB] || 01_Cover_forStory_print.jpg (1024x576) [74.5 KB] || 01_Cover_forStory_thm.png (80x40) [5.2 KB] || 01_Cover_forStory_searchweb.png (320x180) [71.7 KB] || ", "hits": 120 }, { "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": 126 }, { "id": 10941, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10941/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-04-24T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Space Weather FAQ Interviews", "description": "NASA scientists answer some frequently asked questions about the sun, space weather, and the effects on Earth. Each video is one or more scientists responding to the question above it. The videos are available as ProRes files for broadcast use and have had minor audio equalizing and color correction applied.The scientists interviewed are:Dr. Holly Gilbert, NASA HeliophysicistDr. Alex Young, NASA HeliophysicistDr. Phil Chamberlin, NASA Research Heliophysicist and SDO Deputy Project ScientistThere are also two short videos created with this interview content. They are available here.Additional responses to these questions are available upon specific request.For space weather-related footage, animations, and features, visit the Space Weather gallery. || ", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 10959, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10959/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-04-24T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Scientists Answer Top Space Weather Questions", "description": "NASA scientists answer some common questions about the sun, space weather, and how they affect the Earth. This is a two-part series.Part One addresses:1. What is space weather?2. What are coronal mass ejections?3. What are solar flares?4. What are solar energetic particles?5. What causes flares and CMEs?Part Two addresses:1. Do all flares and CMEs affect the Earth?2. What happens when a flare or CME hits the Earth?3. How quickly can we feel the effects of space weather?4. Why are there more flares and CMEs happening now?For more information about all these questions and more, visit NASA's Space Weather FAQ.For individual interview responses to frequently asked space weather questions, go here. || ", "hits": 80 }, { "id": 10888, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10888/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-02-21T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Solar Fury", "description": "On January 22, 2012, the sun erupted with a solar flare, a coronal mass ejection, and a burst of highly energetic protons known as solar energetic particles. The solar flare was only medium in size. But the other two events packed quite a punch creating the most intense solar radiation storm since 2003. Within minutes of the eruption, solar particles swirled into the Earth's magnetosphere—the protective envelope that shields our planet from the sun's powerful rays. Dazzling auroras electrified the night sky as the coronal mass ejection raced behind the flare at almost 1,400 miles per second and hit Earth within 36 hours. For three days the storm degraded radio transmissions at high latitudes, forcing some airplanes flying polar routes—where pilots rely exclusively on radio navigation—to be rerouted. Watch the video below for multiple views of the eruption as captured by sun-observing satellites. || ", "hits": 57 }, { "id": 20125, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20125/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2007-09-20T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar Energetic Particles and CMEs", "description": "This animation shows a CME erupting off of the Sun and the energetic particles racing ahead of the CME and how they react with the Earth's magnetic field and Mars' magnetic field. || ", "hits": 47 } ] }