Heliophysics

Space Weather
Heliophysics
Joint Agency Satellite Division
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a delivery order to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. of Boulder, Colorado, to build spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series project as a part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. The award made under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract, […]
Posted February 21, 2025
Citizen Science
Heliophysics
Science Activation
On Tuesday, January 28th, Fairbanks BEST Homeschool joined the Geophysical Institute for an afternoon of rocket exploration, hands-on activities, and stargazing inside a planetarium. This event was free and open to the public.
Posted February 14, 2025
CubeSats
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Ionosphere
Space Weather
The Sun
Van Allen Probes
Key Points The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged particles from the Sun rocked the planet. Brilliant auroras engulfed the skies, and some GPS communications were temporarily disrupted.
Posted February 6, 2025
Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)
Heliophysics
Missions
Science & Research
Solar Wind
Space Weather
Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on Jan. 31, 2025, to reflect an update to the participants for the teleconference. NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 4, to share information about the agency’s upcoming PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, which is targeted to launch […]
Posted January 29, 2025
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Space Weather
The Sun
For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares — intense bursts of light on the Sun that can send a flurry of charged particles into the solar system. Now, using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, one team has identified flickering loops in the solar atmosphere, or corona, that seem to signal when […]
Posted January 15, 2025
2024 Solar Eclipse
Heliophysics
Science Activation
On April 8, 2024, tens of millions experienced a solar eclipse from Mexico through the United States and into Canada. Astronomers, educators, and organizations had been preparing the public for this grand celestial event.
Posted January 13, 2025
SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)
Science Mission Directorate
Media accreditation is open for the launch of two NASA missions that will explore the mysteries of our universe and Sun. The agency is targeting late February to launch its SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory, a space telescope that will create a 3D map of […]
Posted January 13, 2025
Citizen Science
Heliophysics
Planetary Geosciences & Geophysics
Science Activation
The NASA Science Activation Program’s NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3) project sponsors a summer internship program for high school students, in which learners on the autism spectrum are matched with NASA Subject Matter Experts. N3 intern Lillian Hall and mentor Dr.
Posted January 11, 2025
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Earth's Magnetic Field
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Magnetosphere
Marshall Space Flight Center
Science & Research
The Sun
A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images of the magnetic field that shields Earth from solar radiation. The Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager, or LEXI, instrument is one of 10 payloads aboard the next lunar delivery through NASA’s CLPS (Commercial […]
Posted January 3, 2025
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