A cluster of space weather satellites blasted off Wednesday morning to cast fresh eyes on solar storms that can produce stunning auroras but also scramble communications and threaten astronauts in ...

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

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have launched three new missions to enhance understanding of solar wind and space weather. Three spacecraft were sent up this past week on ...

The invisible forces erupting from our Sun create a chaotic environment extending far beyond what most people imagine. Space weather consists of solar particles, magnetic fields, and radiation ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – NASA and NOAA are launching a powerful new tool called the SWFO-L1 satellite, which stands for “Space Weather Follow-On at Lagrange Point 1,″ to help us better understand and prepare ...

This week, as spectacular auroras were visible across the country, I was curious to learn more about the geomagnetic storms that cause the phenomena we know as the northern lights. Normally, we take a ...

Despite President Trump seeking to cut NASA’s science mission budget nearly in half, the agency is set to send up its latest hardware to study space weather. NASA and the National Oceanic and ...

Every day on Earth, you experience weather. You feel the wind blowing and see clouds move across the sky. Sometimes there are storms where the wind gets really strong, it might rain, or there might be ...

Space weather may feel distant, unfolding far above Earth in regions we never see, but its impacts can be surprisingly close to home.

NASA announced Tuesday it selected a new instrument to study the sun and how it creates massive solar eruptions. The agency's Joint EUV coronal Diagnostic Investigation, or JEDI, will capture images ...

The Space Weather Roundtable convenes senior managers, decision makers, and scientists from government, the commercial space weather industry, and universities to discuss activities that will ...