Heliophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Ionosphere
Science & Research
Sounding Rockets
Sounding Rockets Program
An international team of scientists has successfully measured a planet-wide electric field thought to be as fundamental to Earth as its gravity and magnetic fields. Known as the ambipolar electric field, scientists first hypothesized over 60 years ago that it drove atmospheric escape above Earth’s North and South Poles.
Posted August 28, 2024
2024 Solar Eclipse
Astrophysics
Audio
Citizen Science
Earth Science
Heliophysics
Planetary Science
Science Activation
During the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse, approximately 770 AudioMoth recording devices were used to capture sound data as part of the Eclipse Soundscapes Project — a multisensory participatory science (also known as “citizen science”) project that is studying how eclipses impact life on Earth.
Posted August 28, 2024
2024 Solar Eclipse
For Educators
Heliophysics
Science Activation
The NASA Science Activation program’s Cosmic Data Stories team, led by Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, released a new Data Story for the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. A Data Story is an interactive, digital showcase of new science imagery, including ideas for exploration and scientific highlights shared in a brief video and narrative […]
Posted August 14, 2024
Earth's Atmosphere
Earth's Magnetic Field
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer)
Ionosphere
Missions
Science Mission Directorate
Space Weather
The Sun
After contributing to many important findings on the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space — an area where space weather can interfere with both satellites and communications signals — NASA’s ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer) mission has come to an end.
Posted July 24, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
NASA Centers & Facilities
Science & Research
Uncategorized
When it comes to discoveries about our upper atmosphere, it pays to know your surroundings. Using data from the Twin Rockets to Investigate Cusp Electrodynamics (TRICE-2) rocket launch, NASA scientist Francesca Di Mare and Gregory Howes from the University of Iowa studied waves traveling down Earth’s magnetic field lines into the polar atmosphere.
Posted July 22, 2024
2023 Solar Eclipse
2024 Solar Eclipse
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Parker Solar Probe (PSP)
Science Activation
The Sun
The Heliophysics Big Year (HBY) is a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system. It began with the Annular Solar Eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023, continued through the Total Solar Eclipse on Apr. 8, 2024, and will conclude with Parker Solar Probe’s closest approach to the Sun in December […]
Posted July 9, 2024
CubeSat Launch Initiative
CubeSats
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Heliophysics Research Program
Science Mission Directorate
Small Satellite Missions
SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment)
NASA’s CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment, or CURIE, is scheduled to launch July 9, 2024, to investigate the unresolved origins of radio waves coming from the Sun.
Posted July 8, 2024
Astrophysics
Biological & Physical Sciences
Earth Science
Heliophysics
Planetary Science
Science Activation
Science-enabling Technology
NASA Science Activation (SciAct) teams participated in the National Rural STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) Summit held June 4-7, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona.
Posted July 5, 2024
2023 Solar Eclipse
2024 Solar Eclipse
Earth Science
For Kids and Students
Heliophysics
Science Activation
Science Mission Directorate
The Space Science Institute, with funding from the NASA Science Mission Directorate and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, provided unprecedented training, support, and supplies to 15,000 libraries in the U.S. and territories in support of public engagement during the 2023 and 2024 eclipses.
Posted June 28, 2024
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