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NASA’s Spacecraft Dives Into the Sun's Atmosphere and Survives

NASA did something absolutely mind-blowing—they sent a spacecraft straight into the Sun’s atmosphere, and it actually ...

NASA Launches Critical Mission To Learn How Solar Storms Really Affect Earth

Solar storms can have a devastating effect on earth's power and communication grids, and the trio of missions may help to ...

NASA says solar activity is increasing after decades-long lull: "The sun is slowly waking up"

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather, NASA said.
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The Amazing NASA Probe Footage Flying Through The Sun's Corona

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Sun's corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be ...

Solar Storms Are More Frequent In 2025 - Here's How They May Affect You

After a period of relative quiet on the surface of the sun, it is ramping up again in an era of high activity. It could ...
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Protecting NASA funding ensures breakthroughs in space science and benefits in daily life continue

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly ...

NASA Launches New Mission With SpaceX To Map Space Weather

Space weather is real, and it has more of an impact on life on Earth than you may think. A new multi-pronged mission intends ...
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NASA solar probe becomes first spacecraft to 'touch' the sun

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has ...

NASA Mission to Map Sun’s Protective Bubble Could Help Better Predict Dangerous Space Weather

That may be about to change: NASA is preparing a brand new mission that will travel 1 million miles away from Earth in order to map the boundaries of the heliosphere, offering clues to scientists ...
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NASA launches UMass Lowell telescope that seeks to identify new planets

NASA recently launched a telescope designed and built by UMass Lowell and the space agency that seeks to identify planets ...
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NASA says solar activity is increasing: "The sun is slowly waking up"

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather and technology on Earth, NASA announced this week. A new research, ...