Heliophysics

Auroras
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Sounding Rockets
Wallops Flight Facility
A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2023, carrying NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's DISSIPATION mission.
Posted November 8, 2023
2024 Solar Eclipse
Eclipses
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Science Activation
Solar Eclipses
The Sun
By Vivian White, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Are you an astronomy enthusiast or undergraduate student with a passion for sharing space science? We are excited to share with you a wonderful opportunity to become an official NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador and help your community experience the awe and wonder of science.  In this exciting […]
Posted November 7, 2023
Citizen Science
Earth Science
Heliophysics
Sprites, those beguiling electrical flashes of light above thunderstorms, raise so many questions: Why do they take the shapes they do? What conditions in the upper atmosphere trigger them? How do sprites affect Earth’s global electric circuit, and what is their contribution to the energy in Earth’s upper atmosphere?
Posted November 6, 2023
Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE)
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
ISS Research
Uncategorized
Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics
NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, mission is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in November 2023, where it will make use of a natural, ethereal glow in Earth’s sky to study waves in our planet’s atmosphere. Built by Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory in North Logan, Utah, AWE will be mounted […]
Posted October 25, 2023
2023 Solar Eclipse
Citizen Science
Eclipses
Heliophysics
Did you see October 14th’s solar eclipse? Most of the time we can easily forget that we are on a planet spinning and orbiting in space with other celestial bodies. Watching the Moon move across the face of the Sun reminds us of our place in the solar system.  Several NASA science teams and many […]
Posted October 25, 2023
Citizen Science
Heliophysics
NASA’s Radio JOVE project wants your help to study the Sun! Radio JOVE, in partnership with the SunRISE Ground Radio Lab, is planning to use radio telescopes to make coordinated observations of the Sun for the 2024 solar eclipse. With our plans and training modules, you can build and use your own radio telescope and contribute data […]
Posted October 12, 2023
Heliophysics
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
PROJECT: Solar Wind Pickup Ion Composition Energy Spectrometer (SPICES) SNAPSHOT: SPICES is a new sensor that will help scientists discover where matter originates and how it is energized throughout the solar system Imagine that you have a secret decoder ring that you can use to decipher a secret message with important clues about things around […]
Posted October 10, 2023
Citizen Science
Heliophysics
NASA’s Eclipse Megamovie project is back for the 2024 total solar eclipse—and is seeking volunteers! During the four minutes of this solar experience, the sun’s atmosphere, or corona, will become visible. It’s a rare time when we are able to take photographs of the corona from Earth on a large scale.  The Megamovie project is […]
Posted October 2, 2023
Science & Research
Heliophysics
NASA has selected four small explorer missions to conduct concept studies.
Posted September 29, 2023
2023 Solar Eclipse
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Solar Eclipses
Sounding Rockets
Sounding Rockets Program
Uncategorized
A NASA sounding rocket mission will launch three rockets during the 2023 annular eclipse in October to study how the sudden drop in sunlight affects our upper atmosphere. On Oct. 14, 2023, viewers of an annular solar eclipse in the Americas will experience the Sun dimming to 10% its normal brightness, leaving only a bright “ring of fire” of […]
Posted September 29, 2023
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