Solar Astronomy
Will the March 20th Total Solar Eclipse Impact Europe’s Solar Energy Grid?
The first eclipse of 2015 is coming right up on Friday, March 20th, and may provide a unique challenge for…
A Complete Guide to the March 20th Total Solar Eclipse
The first of two eclipse seasons for the year is upon us this month, and kicks off with the only…
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Space Weather Storm Monitoring Satellite Blasts off for Deep Space on SpaceX Rocket
After a 17 year long wait, a new American mission to monitor intense solar storms and warn of impeding space…
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NOAA/NASA/USAF Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Launching Feb. 8 to Monitor Solar Winds
The long awaited Deep Space Climate Observatory, or DSCOVR science satellite is slated to blast off atop a SpaceX Falcon…
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SpaceX Successfully Launches Cargo Ship to Station and Hard Lands Rocket on “Drone Ship”
SpaceX successfully launched their commercial Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo ship on a critical mission for NASA bound for…
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Probing Pluto’s Paltry Atmosphere Using A Solar Eclipse And Spacecraft
Pluto is so far away from us and so tiny that it's hard to glean even basic facts about it.…
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Uranus Bland? Nope, It’s A Stormy Planet With Interesting Insides
Sometimes first impressions are poor ones. When the Voyager 2 spacecraft whizzed by Uranus in 1986, the close-up view of…
‘Not All Hope Is Lost’: NASA Sun Probe Silent Now For Six Weeks
No one knows exactly why a NASA solar probe stopped talking to Earth six weeks ago, but it's possible the…
Orbiting Solar Observatory Sees It Burn, Burn, Burn: The Ring of Fire
Did you catch the solar eclipse on October 23? If so, you saw the Moon "take a bite" out of…
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Making Cubesats do Astronomy
One doesn't take two cubesats and rub them together to make static electricity. Rather, you send them on a brief space voyage…