Heliophysics

Heliophysics
Science Mission Directorate
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
A NASA-sponsored team is creating a new approach to measure magnetic fields by developing a new system that can both take scientific measurements and provide spacecraft attitude control functions.
Posted June 17, 2025
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Ionosphere
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Sounding Rockets
Sounding Rockets Program
The Solar System
The Sun
Uncategorized
Wallops Flight Facility
Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics
NASA is launching rockets from a remote Pacific island to study mysterious, high-altitude cloud-like structures that can disrupt critical communication systems. The mission, called Sporadic-E ElectroDynamics, or SEED, opens its three-week launch window from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands on Friday, June 13.
Posted June 12, 2025
Coronagraph
Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Space Weather
The Sun
The Sun & Solar Physics
Key Points: Scientists analyzing data from NASA’s CODEX (Coronal Diagnostic Experiment) investigation have successfully evaluated the instrument’s first images, revealing the speed and temperature of material flowing out from the Sun.
Posted June 11, 2025
Citizen Science
Heliophysics
SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment)
Solar radio bursts, intense blasts of radio emission associated with solar flares, can wreak havoc on global navigation systems.
Posted May 28, 2025
Citizen Science
Heliophysics
Noctilucent or night-shining clouds are rare, high-altitude clouds that glow with a blue silvery hue at dusk or dawn when the Sun shines on them from below the horizon. These ice clouds typically occur near the North and South Poles but are increasingly being reported at mid- and low latitudes. Observing them helps scientists better […]
Posted May 15, 2025
Science Mission Directorate
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
The Solar System
The Sun
The Sun & Solar Physics
Will the Sun ever burn out? Well, the Sun, just like the stars we see at night, is a star. It’s a giant ball of super hot hydrogen. Gravity squeezes it in and it creates energy, which is what makes the Sun shine. Eventually, it will use up all of that hydrogen. But in the […]
Posted May 15, 2025
General
2024 Solar Eclipse
Eclipses
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Science Mission Directorate
Solar Eclipses
The Solar System
NASA’s coverage of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has earned two nominations for the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations on May 1, recognizing NASA’s outstanding work in sharing this rare celestial event with audiences around the world.
Posted May 8, 2025
Citizen Science
Get Involved
Heliophysics
Love Ham Radio? The HamSCI project fosters collaboration between amateur radio operators and professional researchers.
Posted May 1, 2025
Citizen Science
Heliophysics
How do the sudden darkness and temperature changes of a solar eclipse impact life on Earth? The Eclipse Soundscapes project invited you to document changes in the environment during the week of the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse, using your own senses or an audiomoth sound recorder.  Thanks to your participation, the Eclipse Soundscapes […]
Posted April 22, 2025
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