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Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
In 1610, Galileo Galilei looked up at the night sky through a telescope of his own design. Spotting Jupiter, he…
The Planet Venus
The planet Venus, which is hottest and most hellish world in our Solar System, has a long history of being…
How Bad Can Solar Storms Get?
Our Sun regularly pelts the Earth with all kinds of radiation and charged particles. Just how bad can these solar…
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NASA’s MMS Satellite Constellation Blasts to Orbit to Study Explosive Magnetic Reconnection
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s constellation of state-of-the-art magnetospheric science satellites successfully rocketed to orbit late Thursday night, March…
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NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Spacecraft Set for March Blastoff to study Earth’s Magnetic Reconnection Events
NASA’s first mission dedicated to study the process in nature known as magnetic reconnection undergoing final preparation for launch from…
Solved: The Mystery of Earth’s Theta Aurora
The mystery of the northern lights – aurora - spans time beyond history and to cultures of both the southern…
NASA’s Van Allen Probes Spot Impenetrable Radiation Barrier in Space
It's a well-known fact that Earth's ozone layer protects us from a great deal of the Sun's ultra-violet radiation. Were…
Will Aurora Strike Tonight? Here’s What to Expect
(Scroll down for latest update) Auroras showed up as forecast last night beginning around nightfall and lasting until about 1 a.m.…
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A Natural Planetary Defense Against Solar Storms
Planetary shields up: solar storms inbound… Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have identified…
Voyager 1: Is It In or Is It Out?
Nearly 18.7 billion kilometers from Earth -- about 17 light-hours away -- NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is just about on…