The SOLAR-1 satellite by NOAA is now fully operational after making the million-mile journey into deep space to study space weather. NOAA said the satellite marks "a major milestone for the nation’s ...

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Lynker Space, now a global leader in space weather forecasting, announced today a new capability for predicting and mitigating space weather threats to numerous industries and critical services.

A strong geomagnetic storm in spring 2024 brought the northern lights unusually far south, as the auroral oval expanded well beyond its typical position. "I am surprised at how sparse the measurement ...

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Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe CRISTAL-02 and discovered a galaxy-killing wind.

Rocket launch providers, satellite operators, and even aviation companies rely on accurate predictions about “space weather,” like solar flares and geomagnetic storms, to inform their operations. But ...

A cluster of space weather satellites blasted off Wednesday morning to cast fresh eyes on solar storms that can produce stunning auroras but also scramble communications and threaten astronauts in ...

NASA has selected the DAPHNE mission to study how Earth's atmosphere influences space weather and improve forecasts that affect GPS, satellites, and astronauts. The twin-satellite mission will gather ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the left side of the image – on Jan. 9, 2023. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet ...

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