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After completing an in-depth reconnaissance of the outer planets, the Voyager spacecraft departed the heliosphere, the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields generated by the Sun, in two separate directions and are now exploring the edges of interstellar space. \n\nLearn more: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/", "hits": 679 }, { "id": 40548, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/solarand-heliospheric-observatory-soho/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2026-03-03T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "SOHO – Solar and Heliospheric Observatory", "description": "Launched in December 1995, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a joint mission between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) designed to study the Sun inside out. Though its mission was originally scheduled to last until 1998, SOHO continues to collect observations about the Sun’s interior, the solar atmosphere, and the constant stream of solar particles known as the solar wind, adding to scientists' understanding of our closest star and making many new discoveries, including finding more than 5,000 comets.\n\nLearn more: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/soho/", "hits": 468 }, { "id": 14972, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14972/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2026-02-27T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "See the Sun's Active Region: The Source of the Early-February Flares", "description": "This video condenses nine days of solar activity into 12 minutes, playing 1,080 times faster than real time. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO. Music Credit: “Atomic Drift,” “Echoes of the Unknown,” and “Particle Reverie” from the album Molecular Echoes. Written and produced by Lars Leonhard.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || Active_Region-STILL.jpg (1920x1080) [239.1 KB] || Active_Region-STILL_searchweb.png (320x180) [72.9 KB] || Active_Region-STILL_thm.png (80x40) [5.9 KB] || 14972ActiveRegionLongCaptions.en_US.srt [162 bytes] || 14972ActiveRegionLongCaptions.en_US.vtt [164 bytes] || 14972_Active_Region_Long_Good.mp4 (1920x1080) [1.3 GB] || 14972_Active_Region_Long_Better.mp4 (1920x1080) [2.1 GB] || 14972_Active_Region_Long_YouTube.mp4 (1920x1080) [4.2 GB] || 14972_Active_Region_Long_ProRes_1920x1080_2997.mov (1920x1080) [11.5 GB] || ", "hits": 222 }, { "id": 5617, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5617/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2026-02-26T10:30:00-05:00", "title": "ESCAPADE Visits the Distant Magnetotail", "description": "Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission will use two identical spacecraft to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetic environment and how this interaction drives the planet’s atmospheric escape.", "hits": 297 }, { "id": 31364, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31364/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2026-02-08T18:59:59-05:00", "title": "Images of the Day", "description": "From Earth's shifting surface to the furthest reaches of our universe — this image collection is updated daily with new photos and captions from NASA's most recent heliophysics, Earth science, planetary and astrophysics discoveries.", "hits": 0 }, { "id": 14964, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14964/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2026-02-05T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Early February Flares 2026", "description": "So far, the Sun has emitted six X-class solar flares in the first four days of February. X-class flares are the most powerful. In this composite image, we've layered all six X-class flares onto the Sun at once, to show the active areas. The images come from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which observes the Sun in different wavelengths, using filters that emphasize different characteristics. Flare #6, for example, shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares, which is colored in red and blue. The Sun’s magnetic field goes through a cycle, called the solar cycle, about every 11 years, with periods of more and less activity. The Sun reached its most active phase – solar maximum – in 2024, which means we’re still in a fairly active period of the cycle.For news of the recent flares: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/solar-cycle-25/Image DescriptionComposite image of 6 X-class solar flares emitted in February. In the center, the Sun is a dark red globe with mottled darker and glowing orange spots. Just above the equator and to the left of center longitudinally, 2 bright white glowing spots are made of the combined 6 X-class flares emitted so far. Six squares pop out from the center Sun, with lines connecting to the spot on the composite Sun their flare is contributing. Along the top, the squares are labeled 2, 4 and 6. Each has a subset of the Sun seen in a different colored wavelength. Box 2 is a purple Sun with a pinkish flare, from Feb. 2, 2026. Box 4 is a golden Sun with a white flare from Feb. 2, 2026. Box 6 is a pink Sun with an orange flare from Feb. 4, 2026. Along the bottom, the boxes are labeled 1, 3 and 5. Box 1 has a turquoise Sun with a teal flare from Feb. 1, 2026. Box 3 has a yellow Sun with an orange flare from Feb. 2, 2026. Box 5 has a red Sun the same color as the center, with a white flare, from Feb. 3, 2026. || February_2026_X_Flares_SIX_FINAL.jpg (7000x7000) [5.3 MB] || ", "hits": 986 }, { "id": 14957, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14957/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2026-01-27T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "IMAP Arrives at L1", "description": "NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) reached its destination at Lagrange point 1, or L1, approximately 1 million miles from Earth toward the Sun on Jan. 10, 2026.The mission’s operations team sent commands to the spacecraft on the morning of Jan. 9 to begin trajectory maneuvers to enter orbit at L1. Early on the morning of Jan. 10, the team confirmed the spacecraft had successfully entered its final L1 orbit, where it will stay for the duration of its mission.From L1, IMAP will explore and map the very boundaries of our heliosphere — the protective bubble created by the solar wind that encapsulates our entire solar system — and study how the heliosphere interacts with the local galactic neighborhood beyond.Learn more about the milestone: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/imap/2026/01/12/nasas-imap-mission-reaches-its-destination/ || ", "hits": 417 }, { "id": 14956, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14956/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2026-01-26T16:00:00-05:00", "title": "Space Weather Effects Animations", "description": "Solar flares, coronal mass ejections, solar particle events, and the solar wind form the recipe for space weather that affects life on Earth and astronauts in space. A farmer stops their planting operations due to poor GPS signal for their autonomous tractor. A power grid manager changes the configuration of their network to ensure a blackout doesn’t occur due to voltage instability. A pilot switches to back-up communication equipment due to loss of high-frequency radio. A commercial internet company providing service to the military must change the orbit of their spacecraft to avoid a collision due to increased atmospheric drag.These are a few examples of the ways the Sun influences our everyday lives. This is what we define as space weather – the conditions of the space environment driven by the Sun and it’s impacts on objects in the solar system. Learn more about space weather: https://science.nasa.gov/space-weather-2/ || ", "hits": 482 }, { "id": 5609, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5609/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2026-01-26T05:00:00-05:00", "title": "Heliophysics Satellite Fleet - 2026", "description": "A tour of the NASA Heliophysics fleet from near-Earth satellites out to the Voyagers beyond the heliopause.", "hits": 861 }, { "id": 14954, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14954/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2026-01-23T09:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's Illuminate Series (2026)", "description": "NASA's Illuminate is a video series about out-of-this-world images that shine light on our Sun and solar system. || ", "hits": 361 }, { "id": 14718, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14718/", "result_type": "Infographic", "release_date": "2026-01-09T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's Heliophysics Fleet Graphics (2025)", "description": "NASA has a fleet of spacecraft strategically placed throughout our heliosphere—from Parker Solar Probe at the Sun observing the very start of the solar wind, to satellites around Earth, to the farthest human-made object, Voyager, which is sending back observations on interstellar space. Each mission is positioned at a critical, well-thought out vantage point to observe and understand the flow of energy and particles throughout the solar system—all helping us untangle the effects of the star we live with.The graphics below show the Heliophysics Division fleet as of December 2025. Green indicates missions in operation and blue indicates missions in extended operation. Numbers in parentheses indicate how many spacecraft the mission currently includes. || ", "hits": 168 }, { "id": 14949, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14949/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2026-01-09T09:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA Monitors Space Weather 24/7", "description": "Our Sun creates conditions in space, called space weather, that can affect our technologies both in space and on Earth — from GPS satellites to airplanes to power grids. NASA’s Space Weather Program monitors space weather 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This important work helps decision makers not only protect people and equipment but maintain the services our modern-day society relies on every day. NASA’s space weather monitoring is also critical for safeguarding astronauts as they journey to the Moon and onward to Mars. || ", "hits": 243 }, { "id": 14921, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14921/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-11-21T09:00:00-05:00", "title": "IMAP Testing and Integration at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center", "description": "NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft arrived May 10, 2025, for processing at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will study how the Sun shapes the boundaries of the heliosphere, the bubble around our solar system. A semitrailer transported the spacecraft from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, after completing thermal vacuum testing, which simulates the harsh conditions of space, at the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility. Astrotech provides the facility and technicians to prepare the spacecraft for launch, including fueling and encapsulation. The IMAP spacecraft launched Sept. 24, 2025, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy. || ", "hits": 156 }, { "id": 5503, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5503/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-11-19T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "ESCAPADE Theoretical Flight Through Active Mars Magnetosphere", "description": "NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration Dynamics Explorers mission, or ESCAPADE, aims to study Mars' real-time response to the solar wind and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time, helping us better understand Mars' climate history. In this data visualization, we use the September 13, 2017 solar storm that arrived at Mars as an example of a storm that the twin ESCAPADE spacecraft might study.", "hits": 413 }, { "id": 14927, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14927/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-11-19T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "The Sun Unleashes Six November X-class Flares", "description": "A blended composite image highlighting all six X-class flares from November 2025. The main image shows 131 Angstrom light, a subset of extreme ultraviolet light. The inset images show a variety of 131 and blends of 131, 171, and 304 Angstrom light. Credit: NASA/SDO/Scott Wiessinger || November_XFlares_All_6_Inset_Multi.jpg (7000x7000) [7.0 MB] || ", "hits": 279 }, { "id": 14925, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14925/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-11-14T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Intense Solar Storm Delays ESCAPADE Launch", "description": "NASA’s ESCAPADE mission launched on Nov. 13, 2025!But it wasn’t without any hiccups — or maybe a series of violent burps? — from the Sun!The launch of ESCAPADE, our next mission to Mars, was delayed by a day due to the most powerful geomagnetic storm of 2025. The storm was caused by multiple flares and eruptions known as coronal mass ejections heading toward Earth.With the help of NASA satellites and models, the team could monitor when the storm subsided and by the following day, it was safe to launch. || ", "hits": 723 }, { "id": 14920, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14920/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-11-13T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Preparing for Martian Explorers: NASA's ESCAPADE Investigates Mars Space Weather", "description": "NASA’s new ESCAPADE mission is launching to Mars to help us better understand the Sun’s influence on Mars’ past and present. Its work could help protect future human explorers from potentially dangerous space weather when they set foot on the Red Planet.For the first time, the mission will use two identical spacecraft to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetic environment and how this interaction drives the planet’s atmospheric escape. Its observations will reveal the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time.The ESCAPADE orbiters build on earlier Mars missions, such as NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) orbiter. The MAVEN mission has one spacecraft that has been studying Mars’ atmospheric loss since arriving at the Red Planet in 2014.ESCAPADE is scheduled to launch no earlier than fall 2025 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 36 in Florida.Find out more about the ESCAPADE mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/escapade/ || ", "hits": 159 }, { "id": 14907, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14907/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-09-30T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "What is space weather?", "description": "Though it is almost 100 million miles away from Earth, the Sun influences our daily lives in ways you may not realize.A farmer stops their planting operations due to poor GPS signal for their autonomous tractor. A power grid manager changes the configuration of their network to ensure a blackout doesn’t occur due to voltage instability. A pilot switches to back-up communication equipment due to loss of high-frequency radio. A commercial internet company providing service to the military must change the orbit of their spacecraft to avoid a collision due to increased atmospheric drag.These are a few examples of the ways the Sun influences our everyday lives. This is what we define as space weather – the conditions of the space environment driven by the Sun and its impacts on objects in the solar system. || ", "hits": 250 }, { "id": 14887, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14887/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-09-18T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Mission to Study Giant ‘Halo’ Surrounding Earth", "description": "In 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts placed an ultraviolet camera on the Moon that captured the first images of Earth’s geocorona, the light emitted by Earth’s outermost atmospheric layer. A new NASA mission bearing the name of the telescope’s creator, Dr. George R. Carruthers, will launch into space to build on that legacy. From a vantage point roughly one million miles closer to the Sun than Earth is, the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory will capture the most comprehensive views of the geocorona to date. The observations will reveal new insights into the structure of our atmosphere, how solar eruptions impact Earth, and how a planet’s surface water can escape to space, aiding the search for habitable planets elsewhere in the universe.Learn more about Carruthers Geocorona Observatory science: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/new-nasa-mission-to-reveal-earths-invisible-haloLearn more about the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/carruthers-geocorona-observatory/ || ", "hits": 324 }, { "id": 14895, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14895/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-09-17T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mapping the Boundaries of Our Home in Space with NASA’s IMAP Mission", "description": "NASA’s new Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, or IMAP, will explore and map the very boundaries of our heliosphere — a huge bubble created by the Sun's wind that encapsulates our solar system — and study how that boundary interacts with the local galactic neighborhood beyond.As a modern-day celestial cartographer, IMAP will chart the vast range of particles in interplanetary space, helping to investigate two of the most important overarching issues in heliophysics — the energization of charged particles from the Sun, and the interaction of the solar wind with interstellar space. Additionally, IMAP will support near real-time observations of the solar wind and energetic particles, which can produce hazardous conditions in the space environment near Earth. IMAP is launching no earlier than Sept. 23, 2025, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Learn more about IMAP science: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/nasas-imap-mission-to-study-boundaries-of-our-home-in-space/Find out more about the IMAP mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/imap/ || ", "hits": 177 }, { "id": 14898, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14898/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-09-15T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "Our Home In Space Series", "description": "The heliosphere, the massive bubble created by our Sun, is like our “house” in space. It shelters us from harsh weather outside and regulates the environment inside. Without our heliosphere, Earth may never have developed life at all. But there’s a lot we still don’t know about our cosmic home. How big is it, and what is it shaped like? How does it compare to the “houses” created by other stars? A new NASA mission will soon unlock answers to these questions and more. Launching as early as Sept. 23, NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe will help us construct the “blueprints” or our home in space. This three-part series explores how we learn about our heliosphere, how it protects us, and how it advances the search for life elsewhere in the Universe. || ", "hits": 177 }, { "id": 14885, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14885/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-09-12T06:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Interview Opportunity: Groundbreaking New NASA Mission Will Give Us The Most Detailed Look Yet At Our Solar System’s Shield", "description": "Scroll down page for associated cut b-roll and pre-recorded soundbites. || IMAP_banner.jpeg (1600x640) [185.0 KB] || IMAP_banner_print.jpg (1024x409) [110.6 KB] || IMAP_banner_searchweb.png (320x180) [73.1 KB] || IMAP_banner_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || ", "hits": 114 }, { "id": 40543, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/imap/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2025-08-20T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "IMAP – Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe", "description": "NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) maps the boundaries of the heliosphere — the protective bubble surrounding the Sun and planets that is inflated by the constant stream of particles from the Sun called the solar wind. As a modern-day celestial cartographer, IMAP also explores and charts the vast range of particles in interplanetary space, helping to investigate important issues in heliophysics, the field studying the Sun and its sphere of influence. 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": 414 }, { "id": 20410, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20410/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2025-08-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "IMAP Beauty Passes", "description": "NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) will explore and map the very boundaries of our heliosphere — a huge bubble created by the Sun's wind that encapsulates our entire solar system — and study how the heliosphere interacts with the local galactic neighborhood beyond.As a modern-day celestial cartographer, IMAP will also explore and chart the vast range of particles in interplanetary space, helping to investigate two of the most important overarching issues in heliophysics — the energization of charged particles from the Sun, and the interaction of the solar wind at its boundary with interstellar space. Additionally, IMAP will support real-time observations of the solar wind and energetic particles, which can produce hazardous conditions in the space environment near Earth. The IMAP spacecraft will be located at Lagrange Point 1, or L1. Lagrange points are positions in space where objects sent there tend to stay put. At L1, which is around 1 million miles from Earth towards the Sun, the gravitational pull of the Sun and Earth are balanced, allowing spacecraft to reduce fuel consumption needed to remain in position. At L1, IMAP will have a clear view of the heliosphere and will also be positioned to provide advanced warning of incoming solar storms headed to Earth. Learn more about IMAP.Below are conceptual animations highlighting the IMAP spacecraft. || ", "hits": 297 }, { "id": 14874, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14874/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-07-28T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "STORIE Thermal Vacuum Test at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center", "description": "NASA’s STORIE mission, or Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution, has completed its design, build, and testing campaign at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, ahead of its six-month mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS). From its unique vantage point on the ISS, STORIE will use its onboard neutral atom imager to provide an “inside out” view of Earth’s ring current – a region of the magnetosphere where energetic particles are trapped in near-Earth space. In addition to answering fundamental questions about the ring current’s intensity and composition, STORIE will also provide a more detailed understanding of how geomagnetic storms affect Earth.From NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, STORIE will be shipped to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where it will be integrated onto a pallet to be installed outside the ISS’s Columbus Module. STORIE will head to the ISS aboard a SpaceX commercial resupply flight no earlier than spring 2026. || ", "hits": 112 }, { "id": 14876, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14876/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-07-25T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA’s TRACERS Mission Launches to Study Earth’s Magnetic Shield", "description": "NASA’s newest mission, TRACERS, soon will begin studying how Earth’s magnetic shield protects our planet from the effects of space weather. Short for Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, the twin TRACERS spacecraft lifted off at 11:13 a.m. PDT (2:13 p.m. EDT) Wednesday, July 23, 2025, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.Learn more about the mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/ || ", "hits": 112 }, { "id": 14875, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14875/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-07-25T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Arrives at Kennedy Space Center", "description": "NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory arrived at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, July 21, 2025. The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a small satellite set to operate at Lagrange Point 1 (L1), an orbit point between the Earth and Sun about one million miles away. Carruthers will use its ultraviolet cameras to monitor how space weather from the Sun impacts the exosphere, the outermost part of Earth’s atmosphere. The observatory will launch as a rideshare with NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe no earlier than September 2025. || ", "hits": 73 }, { "id": 14873, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14873/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-07-22T17:00:00-04:00", "title": "Lagrange Point 1 Animation", "description": "Lagrange points are positions in space where objects sent there tend to stay put. At Lagrange points, the gravitational pull of two large masses precisely equals the centripetal force required for a small object to move with them. These points in space can be used by spacecraft to reduce fuel consumption needed to remain in position.Of the five Lagrange points, three are unstable and two are stable. The unstable Lagrange points - labeled L1, L2 and L3 - lie along the line connecting the two large masses. The stable Lagrange points - labeled L4 and L5 - form the apex of two equilateral triangles that have the large masses at their vertices. L4 leads the orbit of earth and L5 follows.The L1 point of the Earth-Sun system affords an uninterrupted view of the Sun and will be home to three new heliophysics missions in 2025 - NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA's Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1). || ", "hits": 532 }, { "id": 5567, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5567/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-21T18:59:59-04:00", "title": "New Missions to L1", "description": "Three missions, Carruthers, IMAP and SWFO-L1 will be launched to the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point, L1.", "hits": 151 }, { "id": 14869, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14869/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-07-18T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "STORIE Fit Test at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center", "description": "NASA’s STORIE mission, or Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution, has completed its design, build, and testing campaign at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, ahead of its mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS). From its unique vantage point on the ISS, STORIE will use neutral atom imaging to provide an “inside out” view of Earth’s ring current – a region of the magnetosphere where energetic particles are trapped in near-Earth space. In addition to answering fundamental questions about the ring current’s intensity and composition, STORIE will also provide a more detailed understanding of how geomagnetic storms affect Earth.From NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, STORIE will be shipped to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where it will be integrated onto a pallet to be installed outside the ISS’s Columbus Module. STORIE will head to the ISS aboard a SpaceX commercial resupply flight no earlier than spring 2026. || ", "hits": 49 }, { "id": 14863, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14863/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-07-17T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Quickshot: New NASA Mission Launching Soon To Study Earth’s Space Weather Shield", "description": "Scroll down page for advisory with suggested questions and anchor intro. You will also find the associated cut b-roll and pre-recorded soundbites below.Click here for more information about TRACERS || Live_Shot_Banner_TRACERS_final.jpg (1800x720) [256.8 KB] || Live_Shot_Banner_TRACERS_final_print.jpg (1024x409) [150.1 KB] || Live_Shot_Banner_TRACERS_final_searchweb.png (320x180) [82.8 KB] || Live_Shot_Banner_TRACERS_final_thm.png (80x40) [6.5 KB] || ", "hits": 124 }, { "id": 5555, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5555/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-15T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRACERS through Earth's Polar Cusps", "description": "Visualization of the orbit of the twin TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) satellites that will explore the process of magnetic reconnection in Earth's polar regions and its effects on our atmosphere.", "hits": 185 }, { "id": 14862, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14862/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-07-14T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA’s TRACERS Studies Magnetic Explosions Above Earth", "description": "NASA's TRACERS mission, or the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, will fly in low Earth orbit through the polar cusps, funnel-shaped holes in the magnetic field, to study magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth's atmosphere. Magnetic reconnection is a mysterious process that happens when the solar wind, made of electrically charged particles and magnetic fields from the Sun, collides with Earth's magnetic shield, causing magnetic field lines to violently snap and explosively fling away particles at high speeds. This process has huge impacts on Earth, from causing breathtaking auroras to disrupting communications and power grids on Earth. TRACERS is launching no earlier than summer 2025 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.Find out more about the TRACERS mission and how it will help us better understand the ways space weather affects us on Earth: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/ || ", "hits": 369 }, { "id": 5560, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5560/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-14T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "M8.4 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 15, 2025", "description": "M8.4 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 15, 2025", "hits": 38 }, { "id": 5561, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5561/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-14T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "M6.3 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 16, 2025", "description": "M6.3 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 16, 2025", "hits": 36 }, { "id": 5562, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5562/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-14T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "X1.2 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 17, 2025", "description": "X1.2 flare from Active Region 14114 - June 17, 2025", "hits": 46 }, { "id": 5564, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5564/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-14T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "An X1.9 flare from AR 14114 - June 19, 2025", "description": "An X1.9 flare from AR 14114 on June 19, 2025.", "hits": 57 }, { "id": 14865, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14865/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-07-10T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Closest Images Ever Taken of the Sun’s Atmosphere", "description": "On its record-breaking pass by the Sun in December 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning new images from within the Sun’s atmosphere. These newly released images — taken closer to the Sun than we’ve ever been before — are helping scientists better understand the Sun’s influence across the solar system, including events that can affect Earth.Parker Solar Probe started its closest approach to the Sun on Dec. 24, 2024, flying just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface. As it skimmed through the Sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona, in the days around the perihelion, it collected data with an array of scientific instruments, including the Wide-Field Imager for Solar Probe, or WISPR.Learn more - https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-parker-solar-probe-snaps-closest-ever-images-to-sun/Find the latest WISPR imagery here. || ", "hits": 480 }, { "id": 5559, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5559/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-10T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "M6.8 flare from Active Region 14105 - June 14, 2025", "description": "M6.8 flare from Active Region 14105 - June 14, 2025", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 5550, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5550/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-09T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "M8.9 flare from Active Region 14098 - May 25, 2025", "description": "M8.9 flare from Active Region 14098 - May 25, 2025", "hits": 34 }, { "id": 5551, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5551/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-09T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "M8.1 flare from Active Region 14100 - May 30, 2025", "description": "Solar active region 14100 launches an M8.1 flare on May 30, 2025.", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 5549, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5549/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-06-25T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "X1.1 flare from Active Region 14098 - May 25, 2025", "description": "X1.1 flare from Active Region 14098 - May 25, 2025", "hits": 57 }, { "id": 5419, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5419/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-06-09T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory at the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 1", "description": "The Carruthers Geocorona Obervatory observes Earth's exosphere, or geocorona, from the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 1.", "hits": 120 }, { "id": 14855, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14855/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-06-06T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Beauty Pass Animations", "description": "The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a SmallSat mission at Lagrange Point 1 (L1) where it will use an advanced ultraviolet imager to monitor Earth’s exosphere — the outermost layer of the atmosphere — and the exosphere’s response to solar-driven space weather. Carruthers is poised to become the first SmallSat to operate at L1 and the first to deliver continuous exospheric observations from this vantage point.Led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2025 as a rideshare component of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which will explore the boundaries of the heliosphere, the bubble that is inflated by the solar wind and surrounds the Sun and planets. The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a vital addition to NASA’s fleet of heliophysics satellites. NASA Heliophysics Division missions study a vast, interconnected system from the Sun to the space surrounding Earth and other planets to the farthest limits of the Sun’s constantly flowing streams of solar wind. || ", "hits": 65 }, { "id": 20404, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20404/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2025-06-02T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRACERS Science Animations", "description": "The TRACERS, or the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, mission will help scientists understand an explosive process called magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere. Magnetic reconnection occurs when magnetic fields and particles from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field. By understanding this process, scientists will be able to better understand and prepare for impacts of solar activity on Earth, such as auroras and disruptions to telecommunications.Learn more about the mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/ || ", "hits": 261 }, { "id": 5541, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5541/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-05-28T18:59:59-04:00", "title": "X1.2 flare from Active Region 14086 - May 13, 2025", "description": "X1.2 flare from Active Region 14086 - May 13, 2025", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 5407, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5407/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-05-28T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar Loops and Eruptions - October 8, 2024", "description": "A fourteen hour continuous observation of the Sun, showing the variety of eruptions.", "hits": 65 }, { "id": 5527, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5527/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-05-22T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "M5.6 flare from Active Region 14046 - April 1, 2025 - No foolin'!", "description": "Active Region 14046 launches an M5.6 flare on April 1, 2025.", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 14841, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14841/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-05-12T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Assembly & Testing at BAE Systems", "description": "The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a SmallSat mission at Lagrange Point 1 (L1) where it will use an advanced ultraviolet imager to monitor Earth’s exosphere — the outermost layer of the atmosphere — and the exosphere’s response to solar-driven space weather. Carruthers is poised to become the first SmallSat to operate at L1 and the first to deliver continuous exospheric observations from this vantage point.Led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2025 as a rideshare component of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which will explore the boundaries of the heliosphere, the bubble that is inflated by the solar wind and surrounds the Sun and planets. The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a vital addition to NASA’s fleet of heliophysics satellites. NASA Heliophysics Division missions study a vast, interconnected system from the Sun to the space surrounding Earth and other planets to the farthest limits of the Sun’s constantly flowing streams of solar wind. || ", "hits": 61 }, { "id": 14829, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14829/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-04-25T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRACERS Thermal Vacuum Testing at Millennium Space Systems", "description": "NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, or TRACERS, is embarking on its integration and testing campaign, during which all of the instruments and components will be added to the spacecraft structure, tested to ensure they will survive the harsh environments of launch and space, and made ready to execute its mission. The TRACERS mission will help scientists understand an explosive process called magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere. Magnetic reconnection occurs when magnetic fields and particles from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field. By understanding this process, scientists will be able to better understand and prepare for impacts of solar activity on Earth, such as auroras and disruptions to telecommunications.Below are clips of Millennium Space Systems’ team members conducting Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) testing at the Boeing Space Systems Laboratory in El Segundo, California.Learn more about the mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/ || ", "hits": 168 }, { "id": 14827, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14827/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-04-24T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRACERS Instrument Development & Testing at the University of Iowa", "description": "NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, or TRACERS, is embarking on its integration and testing campaign, during which all of the instruments and components will be added to the spacecraft structure, tested to ensure they will survive the harsh environments of launch and space, and made ready to execute its mission. The TRACERS mission will help scientists understand an explosive process called magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere. Magnetic reconnection occurs when magnetic fields and particles from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field. By understanding this process, scientists will be able to better understand and prepare for impacts of solar activity on Earth, such as auroras and disruptions to telecommunications.Below are clips of TRACERS’ instrument design, build, and testing at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.Learn more about the mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/ || ", "hits": 103 }, { "id": 14828, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14828/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-04-24T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRACERS Testing & Integration at Millennium Space Systems", "description": "NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, or TRACERS, is embarking on its integration and testing campaign, during which all of the instruments and components will be added to the spacecraft structure, tested to ensure they will survive the harsh environments of launch and space, and made ready to execute its mission. The TRACERS mission will help scientists understand an explosive process called magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere. Magnetic reconnection occurs when magnetic fields and particles from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field. By understanding this process, scientists will be able to better understand and prepare for impacts of solar activity on Earth, such as auroras and disruptions to telecommunications.Below are clips of TRACERS’ testing and integration at the Millennium Space Systems Small Satellite Factory in El Segundo, California. Learn more about the mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/ || ", "hits": 124 }, { "id": 14830, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14830/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-04-23T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Images", "description": "The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a SmallSat mission at Lagrange Point 1 (L1) where it will use an advanced ultraviolet imager to monitor Earth’s exosphere — the outermost layer of the atmosphere — and the exosphere’s response to solar-driven space weather. Carruthers is poised to become the first SmallSat to operate at L1 and the first to deliver continuous exospheric observations from this vantage point.Led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2025 as a rideshare component of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which will explore the boundaries of the heliosphere, the bubble that is inflated by the solar wind and surrounds the Sun and planets. The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a vital addition to NASA’s fleet of heliophysics satellites. NASA Heliophysics Division missions study a vast, interconnected system from the Sun to the space surrounding Earth and other planets to the farthest limits of the Sun’s constantly flowing streams of solar wind. || ", "hits": 128 }, { "id": 5526, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5526/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-04-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "X1.1 flare from Active Region 14046 - March 28, 2025", "description": "Active region 14046 (on the left limb of the Sun) launches an X1.1 flare and a significant amount of plasma.", "hits": 41 }, { "id": 5514, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5514/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-04-07T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar Storm Excites Martian Magnetosphere for Fulldome", "description": "On September 13, 2017, a coronal mass ejection from the Sun arrived at Mars. This data visualization shows how solar-wind-induced currents and magnetic fields combine with Mars' relatively weak and irregular native crustal magnetic fields to contribute to Mars’ \"hybrid\" magnetosphere.", "hits": 318 }, { "id": 5502, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5502/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-04-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar Storm Excites Martian Magnetosphere", "description": "On September 13, 2017, a coronal mass ejection from the Sun arrived at Mars. This data visualization shows how solar-wind-induced currents (green colors) and magnetic fields (pink lines) combine with Mars' relatively weak and irregular native crustal magnetic fields to contribute to Mars’ \"hybrid\" magnetosphere.", "hits": 370 }, { "id": 14805, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14805/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2025-03-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRACERS Spacecraft Beauty Passes", "description": "The TRACERS, or the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, mission will help scientists understand an explosive process called magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere. Magnetic reconnection occurs when magnetic fields and particles from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field. By understanding this process, scientists will be able to better understand and prepare for impacts of solar activity on Earth, such as auroras and disruptions to telecommunications.Learn more about the mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/ || ", "hits": 151 }, { "id": 14803, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14803/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-03-17T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA’s SPHEREX and PUNCH Missions Launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base", "description": "Ignition, and liftoff! At 11:10 p.m. EDT (8:10 p.m. PDT) March 11, 2025, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4 East, carrying NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) and PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) missions.SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) will orbit Earth for a two-year prime mission and create a three-dimensional map of the cosmos. This will help scientists answer major questions about what happened in the first second after the big bang, how galaxies form and evolve, and the origins and abundance of water and other key ingredients for life in our galaxy.Ride-sharing with SPHEREx was NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, which will study the outer portion of the Sun, the corona, to understand how solar wind forms.For more information on SPHEREx: nasa.gov/spherexFor more information on PUNCH: science.nasa.gov/mission/punch || ", "hits": 170 }, { "id": 5482, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5482/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-17T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "An M9.4 flare from Active Region 13910 - November 25, 2024", "description": "As solar rotation carries it over the left limb of the Sun, Active Region 13910 launches an M9.4 flare.", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 5513, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5513/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "X2.0 flare from Active Region 14001 - February 23, 2025", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Just before rotating over the right solar limb, active region 14001 launches an X2.0 flare. For more details see the Space Weather database entry.For more information on the classification of solar flares, see Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? or X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to some of this imagery. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 5488, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5488/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-05T08:02:00-05:00", "title": "An M7.1 flare from Active Region 13936 - December 29, 2024", "description": "Active Region 13936 launches an M7.1 flare in this view from Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 5483, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5483/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An X2.2 flare from Active Region 13912 - December 8, 2024", "description": "Active region 13912 launches an X2.2 flare near the right limb on December 8, 2024.", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 5486, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5486/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An M8.9 flare from Active Region 13932 - December 23, 2024", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Active region 13932 (in the lower left quadrant) launches an M8.9 flare on December 23. 2024. Some filaments of plasma launch from the site after the flare. For more details, see the Space Weather Database entry.For more information on the classification of solar flares, see Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? or X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to some of this imagery. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 5487, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5487/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An M7.4 flare from Active Region 13938 - December 26, 2024", "description": "Active region 13938 (upper left quadrant) launches an M7.4 flare.", "hits": 5 }, { "id": 5489, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5489/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An X1.1 flare from Active Region 13936 - December 29, 2024", "description": "Active region 13936 (upper right quadrant) launches an X1.1 flare.", "hits": 10 }, { "id": 5484, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5484/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-04T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An M6.4 flare from Active Region 13922 - December 10, 2024", "description": "Active region 13922 launches an M6.4 flare near the left limb of the Sun on December 10, 2024.", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 5485, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5485/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-04T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An M6.7 flare from Active Region 13912 - December 11, 2024", "description": "Active region 13912 on the right limb of the Sun launches an M6.7 flare on December 11, 2024.", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 5500, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5500/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-03T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "M7.6 flare from Active Region 13981 - February 6, 2025", "description": "Active Region 13981 (in the upper right quadrant of the disk) launches an M7.6 flare in this view from Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 5501, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5501/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-03-03T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "M7.5 flare from Active Region 13981 - February 7, 2025", "description": "Active Region 13981 (in the upper right quadrant of the disk) launches an M7.5 flare in this view from Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 5510, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5510/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-02-25T17:10:00-05:00", "title": "Map of the March 29, 2025 Partial Solar Eclipse", "description": "On Saturday, March 29, 2025, the Moon passes in front of the Sun, casting its shadow across the Atlantic Ocean. Observers in Europe, western Africa, and eastern Canada are positioned to see a partial eclipse.", "hits": 379 }, { "id": 5495, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5495/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-02-20T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "M7.4 flare from Active Region 13964 - January 17, 2025", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes Active Region 13964 (in the upper right quadrant of the disk) launch an M7.4 flare followed by some complex post-flare evolution.", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 5496, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5496/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-02-20T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "M6.7 flare from Active Region 13978 - January 31, 2025", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes Active region 13978 launch an M6.7 flare on January 31, 2025.", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 5497, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5497/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-02-20T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "M5.1 flare from Active Region 13977 - February 2, 2025", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes Active Region 13977 (in the upper center of the disk) launch an M5.1 flare and a filament of material on February 2, 2025.", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 5498, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5498/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-02-20T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "M8.8 flare from Active Region 13981 - February 3, 2025", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes Active Region 13981 launch an M8.8 flare early February 3, 2025 (a smaller M3.1 fires off near the same location about two hours later). 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When they arrive in low Earth orbit, the satellites will make global, 3D observations of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, and help NASA learn how the mass and energy there become solar wind. By imaging the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together, scientists hope to better understand the entire inner heliosphere – Sun, solar wind, and Earth – as a single connected system.The PUNCH mission will share a ride to space with NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) space telescope on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.The Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, leads the PUNCH mission. 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By imaging the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together, scientists hope to better understand the entire inner heliosphere – Sun, solar wind, and Earth – as a single connected system.Three of the PUNCH satellites will carry a Wide Field Imager (WFI), and the fourth will carry the Narrow Field Imager (NFI).The Narrow Field Imager (NFI)The Narrow Field Image (NFI) is a coronagraph, a type of device that blocks out the bright light from the Sun to better see details in the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. The coronagraph will have a similar field of view as the SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) C3 field, from 6 to 32 solar radii on the sky, and it will view the corona in both polarized and unpolarized light.Wide Field Imager (WFI)The Wide Field Imager (WFI) is a heliospheric imager, a device that provides views from 18 to 180 solar radii (45 degrees) away from the Sun in the sky. 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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": 294 }, { "id": 14739, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14739/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-01-03T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "From the Moon, NASA’s LEXI Will Reveal Earth’s Magnetic Shield", "description": "NASA’s next mission to the Moon will carry an instrument called LEXI (the Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager), which will provide the first-ever global view of the magnetic environment that shields Earth from solar radiation.From the surface of the Moon, LEXI will capture wide-field images of Earth's magnetic environment, or magnetosphere, in low-energy (or \"soft\") X-rays. LEXI will study changes in the magnetosphere and help us learn more about how it interacts with a stream of particles from the Sun called the solar wind, which can pose hazards for Artemis astronauts traveling to the Moon.Learn more about LEXI and its CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) flight to the Moon from Hyunju Connor, LEXI co-investigator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.More on LEXI: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-lexi-will-provide-x-ray-vision-of-earths-magnetosphere/ || ", "hits": 180 }, { "id": 14744, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14744/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-01-03T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "GDC and DYNAMIC to Explore Earth’s Upper Atmosphere", "description": "Two upcoming missions, the Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) and Dynamical Neutral Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling (DYNAMIC) will revolutionize our understanding of Earth’s upper atmosphere. This region includes Earth’s ionosphere, thermosphere, and mesosphere, and stretches from roughly 50 to 400 miles above Earth’s surface. Space weather disturbances can impact communications, navigation signals, and satellite orbits, and induce currents can trigger power outages on Earth — making the region a crucial area of study.GDC is a team of satellites that will study Earth’s upper atmosphere and provide the first direct global measurements of our planet’s dynamic and complex interface with the space environment. Working in tandem with the DYNAMIC spacecraft, scientists will be able paint a fuller picture of how energy transforms and travels throughout the upper atmosphere. GDC will fly at an altitude of 350-400 km.DYNAMIC is a pair of satellites that will work in tandem with GDC to study how changes in Earth’s lower atmosphere influence our planet’s upper atmosphere. Between the multiple spacecraft of GDC and DYNAMIC, simultaneous observations from different locations can give scientists a more complete picture of how atmospheric waves propagate up through this unique part of the atmosphere. DYNAMIC will fly at an altitude of 550-800 km. || ", "hits": 192 }, { "id": 14741, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14741/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-12-27T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Parker Solar Probe: Humanity’s Closest Encounter with the Sun", "description": "Controllers have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024.Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour — faster than any human-made object has ever moved. A beacon tone received in the late evening hours of Dec. 26 confirmed the spacecraft had made it through the encounter safely and is operating normally.This pass, the first of more to come at this distance, allows the spacecraft to conduct unrivaled scientific measurements with the potential to change our understanding of the Sun. || ", "hits": 522 }, { "id": 5443, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5443/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-12-17T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Heliophysics Sentinels 2024", "description": "There have been some changes since the 2022 Heliophysics Fleet. AIM and ICON have been decommissioned while two other instruments have been added. AWE is an instrument mounted on the ISS, and RAD is a particle detector on the Curiosity Mars rover. 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Solve our puzzles to find them! || ", "hits": 145 }, { "id": 5435, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5435/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-12-12T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Geomagnetic and Atmospheric Response to May 2024 Solar Storm", "description": "This visualization shows the Earth's magnetosphere being hit by a geomagnetic storm. 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The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Active region 13889 launches an M9.4 flare on November 10, 2024. For more details, see the Space Weather Database entry.For more information on the classification of solar flares, see Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? or X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to some of this imagery. || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 5426, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5426/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-11-29T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "An M5.5 flare from Active Region 13883 - November 4, 2024", "description": "Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) operates in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth to obtain a continuous view of the Sun. The particular instrument in this visualization records imagery in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum at wavelengths normally absorbed by Earth's atmosphere - so we need to observe them from space.Active region 13883 launched an M5.5 flare on November 4, 2024. For more details, see the Space Weather Database entry.For more information on the classification of solar flares, see Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? or X-Class: A Guide to Solar Flares. The point-spread function correction (PSF) has been applied to some of this imagery. || ", "hits": 10 } ] }