NASA Explores Solar Wind with Student-Built Satellite
A student-built satellite, the size of a loaf of bread, is set to launch for NASA to study solar wind, highlighting student innovation in space research.
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Scientists Discover 'Space Tornadoes' Form Between Sun and Earth
New research reveals that 'space tornadoes,' or flux ropes, can form between the Sun and Earth, creating a previously unknown source of geomagnetic storms.
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NASA IMAP Mission Studies Solar System's Protective Bubble
NASA's IMAP mission, launched in 2025, is collecting data on the heliosphere, the Sun-created bubble protecting our solar system from cosmic radiation. Positioned at Lagrange Point 1, IMAP's findings
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NASA and NOAA Launch New Missions to Study Space Weather
NASA and NOAA have successfully launched three new spacecraft, including the IMAP and SWFO-L1 missions, to study the Sun and improve space weather forecasting.
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NASA and SpaceX Launch Mission to Study Solar Wind
NASA and SpaceX have launched the IMAP mission to study solar wind. The data will help protect satellites, power grids, and astronauts from space weather.
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NASA Launches Three New Missions to Study Solar Wind
NASA and NOAA have launched three new spacecraft on a mission to a gravitationally stable point one million miles from Earth to study solar wind and improve space weather forecasting.
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NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study Space Weather
NASA's IMAP spacecraft launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 to study space weather, solar wind, and the heliosphere. The mission will protect astronauts, satellites, and communications.
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NASA and NOAA Launch Three Satellites to Study Sun
NASA and NOAA have launched a trio of satellites to study the Sun's influence, from the edge of the solar system to its impact on Earth's infrastructure.
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NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study Heliosphere Boundary
NASA has launched the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) to study the heliosphere, our solar system's protective bubble. The two-year mission will analyze solar wind interaction with i
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NASA Mission Finds Unexpected Activity in Solar Wind Near Earth
NASA's MMS mission has provided the first direct evidence that pickup ions create waves in the solar wind near Earth, a discovery that could reshape scientific models.
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