A storm in space is when you get an enormous burst of energy, called a coronal mass ejection, that will pop off of the sun and blast all the way past Pluto. That comes with a certain polarity, meaning ...

Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us is an archaeologist who studies how past peoples interacted with their environments. Two of us are geophysicists who investigate interactions between ...

While it may sound like science fiction, space weather is very real and can have significant effects on both our daily lives and our national infrastructure. What is Space Weather? Space weather ...

Millan: I consider space weather to be any of the aspects of the space environment — whether it’s activity on the sun or in the space environment more generally — that has an impact on humans and our ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about Auroras and his newly released book on space Astrophysicist Neil degrasse Taylor talks about Northern lights and his new released book about space ...

Heliophysics investigates the Sun, its dynamic atmosphere and wind, and the manner in which these solar phenomena interact with the interplanetary medium and eventual planetary environments. Space ...

On Sept. 23, a spacecraft will launch with a clear mission — to keep a constant watch on the sun to help protect Earth from space weather. The satellite, Space Weather Follow-On L1 (SWFO-L1), is ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The burgeoning space industry and the technologies ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Acquisitions and Grants Office has started seeking proposals for the Space Weather Observations – Mission Operations Services, or SWO-MOS, ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX launched three satellites early Wednesday on a million-mile trip to tackle the mysteries of space weather, including how to protect from the sun’s disruptive and ...