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Earth's Space Storm Shield Offers Protection At A Price
May 10, 2002 — New observations from a NASA spacecraft reveal that a layer in the Earth's outer atmosphere acts like a heat shield by absorbing energy from space storms, which reduces their ability to heat the ... > full story -
"Forecasting" Space Weather: NASA, University Scientists See Prediction Of Solar Storms In Future
April 30, 2002 — Much like tornado watchers look to the skies for clues that a twister is forming, NASA and university scientists are watching the Sun in an effort to better predict space weather – blasts of ... > full story -
Discover A Comet While On The Internet With SOHO
April 19, 2002 — A new comet was discovered over the Internet by a Chinese amateur astronomer visiting the website for the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. The comet "C/2002 G3 (SOHO)" ... > full story -
Last Chance To See Comet Ikeya-Zhang
April 2, 2002 — Night owls and early birds can catch a glimpse of Comet Ikeya-Zhang as it passes by Earth in the next few weeks on its four-century journey around the Sun. ... > full story -
NASA Celebrates Sun-Earth Day With Solar X-Ray Fireworks
March 26, 2002 — Just in time for Sun-Earth Day, a new NASA spacecraft, complete with a new name, made its debut by observing a huge explosion in the atmosphere of the Sun. The blast, called a solar flare, was equal ... > full story -
Solar Wind Buffets Vast Jupiter Region, Team Approach Reveals
March 1, 2002 — Scientists simultaneously using a combination of NASA spacecraft have seen into the workings of an invisible whirling bubble of charged particles surrounding Jupiter. That bubble, Jupiter's ... > full story -
New Launch Date Set For HESSI Spacecraft
January 31, 2002 — NASA's High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) remains on track for a Feb. 5 launch. HESSI will study solar flares - gigantic explosions in the atmosphere of the Sun-with a unique kind of ... > full story -
The Sun's Chilly Impact On Earth
December 10, 2001 — A new NASA computer climate model reinforces the long-standing theory that low solar activity could have changed the atmospheric circulation in the Northern Hemisphere from the 1400's to the ... > full story -
Genesis Spacecraft Begins Mission To Collect Samples Of The Sun
December 4, 2001 — NASA's Genesis mission is officially open for business today, as it extends its special collector arrays to catch atoms from the solar wind. The atoms it collects, believed to have been part of ... > full story -
SOHO's Latest Surprise: Gas Near The Sun Heading The Wrong Way
November 28, 2001 — Mysterious clouds of gas falling towards the Sun have been spotted with the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. They go against the fast-moving streams of gas that pour out ... > full story
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