Heliophysics

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Auroras

Brown Dwarfs

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Science & Research

Stars

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf

Infrared emission from methane suggests atmospheric heating by auroral processes. Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more massive than Jupiter but smaller than a star) with infrared emission from methane, likely due to energy in its upper atmosphere.

Posted January 9, 2024

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Mars

Solar Wind

Space Weather

The Solar System

The Sun

NASA’s MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind

In December 2022, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream of charged particles constantly emanating off the Sun, known as the solar wind. This was caused by a special type of solar event that was so powerful, it created a void in its wake as […]

Posted December 11, 2023

Heliophysics

NASA Headquarters

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

Space Weather

NASA Signs Memorandum of Agreement for Space Weather

On Dec. 7, 2023, Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, signed on behalf of the agency the Memorandum of Agreement for Space Weather Research-To-Operations-To-Research Collaboration.

Posted December 8, 2023

Citizen Science

Heliophysics

Solar Jet Hunter is Back, with New Data and New Features!

NASA’s Solar Jet Hunter project invites you to help find solar jets, ejections of matter from the Sun. The project was on hold for a few months as the science team worked behind the scenes. It’s re-launching now with new data from NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory and new features! “The project has been really successful in finding […]

Posted November 9, 2023

Auroras

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Sounding Rockets

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Sounding Rocket Launches into Alaskan Aurora

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

Calling all Eclipse Enthusiasts: Become a NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador!

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

One Year of Spritacular Science!

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

AWE Launching to Space Station to Study Atmospheric Waves via Airglow

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

NASA’s Scientists and Volunteers Tackle the October 14 Solar Eclipse

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

Radio JOVE 2023 Solar Eclipse Observations

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