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Uranus Auroras Glimpsed from Earth
April 13, 2012 — For the first time, scientists have captured images of auroras above the giant ice planet Uranus, finding further evidence of just how peculiar a world that distant planet is. Detected by means of ... > full story -
NASA Spacecraft Spot Something New on the Sun
April 9, 2012 — One day in the fall of 2011, a solar scientist did what he always does -- look through the daily images of the sun from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. But on this day he saw something he'd never ... > full story -
NASA Measures Impact of Huge Solar Flare on Earth's Atmosphere
March 23, 2012 — A key NASA instrument that can directly measure the impact of solar events on Earth's upper atmosphere has weighed in on the huge flare that impacted Earth last ... > full story -
Northern Lights: First-Ever Measurement of Auroral Turbulence Using a Nanosatellite Radar Receiver
March 22, 2012 — Researchers have taken the first-ever measurement of naturally occurring auroral turbulence recorded using a nanosatellite radar ... > full story -
Japan Shares Space Station SMILES Via Atmospheric Data Distribution
March 20, 2012 — Did you panic when you heard in recent news that two massive solar flares from the Sun were hitting Earth's atmosphere? The coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, typically produced by solar flares might ... > full story -
Flying Through a Geomagnetic Storm
March 13, 2012 — Glowing green and red, shimmering hypnotically across the night sky, the aurora borealis is a wonder to behold. Longtime sky watchers say it is the greatest show on Earth. It might be the greatest ... > full story -
Large Solar Flares Generate Geomagnetic Storm
March 8, 2012 — A pair of unusually large solar flares early March 7, 2012 generated a Coronal Mass Ejection that was expected to reach Earth around mid-day March 8. It will likely cause at least a strong ... > full story -
NASA Sees Second Biggest Flare of the Solar Cycle
March 7, 2012 — The leading edge of the first of two major coronal mass ejections will reach Earth at about 1:25 AM EST on the morning of March 8 (plus or minus 7 hours). Such a CME could result in a severe ... > full story -
Space Weather: Explosions on Venus
March 5, 2012 — A recent study has found clear evidence on Venus for a type of space weather outburst quite common at Earth, called a hot flow ... > full story -
Mysterious Electron Acceleration Explained: Computer Simulation Identifies Source of Aurora-Causing High-Speed Electrons in Space
February 28, 2012 — A mysterious phenomenon detected by space probes has finally been explained, thanks to a massive computer simulation that was able to precisely align with details of spacecraft observations. The ... > full story
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