If you're hoping for a festive skywatching surprise, Christmas week is shaping up to be more active than usual in space. Fast solar wind from a large coronal hole on the sun has already triggered ...
Space weather may feel distant, unfolding far above Earth in regions we never see, but its impacts can be surprisingly close to home.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Follow On–Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) Observatory is being prepared for launch at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida. Credit ...
The Sun looks like a warm yellow sphere with a surface covered with glowing messy hair. The yellow glow extends to the edges of the image, with some regions brighter than others. Many bright yellow ...