NASA launching new sun-watching probe tonight: watch it live
By Mike WallPublished June 27, 2013Space.com This image shows technicians and engineers at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California connecting the Pegasus XL rocket with the Interface Region Imaging...
View ArticleWatch NASA Launch New Sun-Watching Probe Tonight
NASA will launch its newest solar observatory tonight, kicking off a two-year mission to study how energy moves around the active sun. A rocket carrying the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph...
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Despite the fact that we live relatively close (93 million miles, or eight light-minutes) to the sun, and that we have several spacecraft peering at it, we still know little about how energy transfers...
View ArticleNASA launches satellite to explore little-studied region of the sun
Published June 28, 2013Associated Press This image shows technicians and engineers at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California connecting the Pegasus XL rocket with the Interface Region Imaging...
View ArticleNASA launches satellite to study solar material
Washington: The US space agency launched a satellite late yesterday to unlock the secrets of the Sun's lower atmosphere. NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph -- dubbed IRIS -- was launched at...
View ArticleNASA launches new mission to explore solar energy
NASA launches its Iris spacecraft from California on Thursday on a mission to discover how the sun creates its outer atmosphere or corona and the solar wind. The Iris satellite...
View ArticleNASA telescope takes aim at sun's temperature shift
NASA's newest satellite aims to solve a burning mystery about the sun's atmosphere, one that confounds scientists and seems to flout the laws of physics: why the temperature goes up as as distance...
View ArticleNASA's IRIS probe launched to study the Sun's mysteries
At 7:27PM PT on Thursday, an L-1011 jet dropped an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket 39,000 feet in the air. After a brief five-second freefall, the rocket burst to life, heading for the upper...
View ArticleIRIS Tackles Coronal Mystery
Last Thursday (July 27th) NASA launched its newest solar mission, which researchers hope will unravel the mystery surrounding the transition region between the Sun’s surface and its blazing hot...
View ArticleSolar Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg AFB for Launch (NASA - The National...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) NASA's Newest Solar Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg AFB for Launch 04.17.13 Workers unload NASA's IRIS spacecraft from a truck at the...
View ArticleLockheed Martin Completes Spacecraft and Science Instrument Integration for...
(Source: Lockheed Martin Corporation) PALO ALTO, Calif., January 7, 2013 - The spacecraft and science instrument integration for the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) - NASA's next Small...
View ArticleMSU work set to launch June 26 on NASA mission (Montana State University System)
(Source: Montana State University System) June 18, 2013 -- By Evelyn Boswell, MSU News Service BOZEMAN -- Montana State University faculty and students who designed and tested optics for a NASA solar...
View ArticleMajor Solar Storm Could Be Heading for Earth
Rosanne Skirble With the sun nearing the peak of its 11-year cycle, scientists say a powerful solar storm may be headed our way, which could shut down electricity supply networks and disorient GPS and...
View ArticleLockheed Martin Completes Spacecraft And Science Instrument Integration For...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The spacecraft and science instrument integration for the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) – NASA's next Small Explorer (SMEX) Mission – has...
View ArticleCoronal Hole In Sun May Cause Solar Winds & Auroras, NASA Says (VIDEO)
We're not sure whether to be amazed or alarmed. A "massive" coronal hole that rotated toward Earth from May 28-31 was one of the largest such holes NASA says it has observed all year. The amazing part...
View ArticleUC Berkeley selected to build NASA’s next space weather satellite (University...
(Source: University of California) BERKELEY - NASA has awarded the University of California, Berkeley, up to $200 million to build a satellite to determine how Earth's weather affects weather at the...
View ArticleNASA to Launch New Sun-Watching Satellite This Month
NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft is shown here in the clean room, with its solar panels extended. CREDIT: Lockheed Martin View full size image A new NASA spacecraft is...
View ArticleUC Berkeley selected to build NASA's next space weather satellite
The satellite mission, called the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), will be designed, built and operated by scientists at UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory. Scheduled for launch in 2017,...
View ArticleNASA Prepares for Launch of Next Solar Satellite (NASA - The National...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918...
View ArticleNASA Prepares for Next Solar Mission
Suzanne Presto WASHINGTON — The U.S. space agency NASA is preparing to launch a new mission to study the sun. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, will observe the way solar material...
View ArticleNASA Prepares For Launch Of Next Solar Satellite
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's next scientific satellite, which is scheduled for launch June 26, will provide the most detailed look ever at the sun's lower atmosphere or...
View ArticleNASA's IRIS mission set to launch in June
NASA is preparing to launch its latest scientific satellite this month to provide the most detailed look ever at the Sun’s lower atmosphere or the region that emits ultraviolet light. The Interface...
View ArticleNASA to launch next solar satellite on June 26
Tweet Washington, June 5 (ANI): NASA is preparing to launch its next scientific satellite this month that will provide the most detailed look ever at the Sun's lower atmosphere or interface region. The...
View ArticleLunar orbiters discover source of space weather near Earth (University of...
(Source: University of California) By Emmanuel Masongsong and UCLA NewsroomSeptember 26, 2013Category: Research Process of magnetic reconnection, which powers the phenomena known as space weather....
View ArticleNASA's New IRIS Telescope, Launched One Month Ago, Now Providing Detailed...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is getting an unprecedented close-up look at the sun, thanks to a new telescope. NASA's IRIS spacecraft, launched just a month ago, already is providing detailed pictures...
View ArticleSolar Storms Cause Dropped Cell Phone Calls And Amazing Light Shows
Stop blaming AT&T and Verizon; all those dropped calls you’re experiencing may be coming from the sun. Eruptions of hot gas, called solar storms, produce shock waves that travel through space at...
View ArticleSource of Space Weather, Northern Lights Found In Earth's Magnetic Field
Scientists have discovered the powerhouse for the cosmic storms in Earth's magnetic field that fuel the planet's dazzling displays of northern lights. The discovery could help View gallery." An...
View ArticleMAVEN blasts off to Mars on $671 million mission
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution -- MAVEN -- spacecraft starts a 10-month voyage to the Red Planet to study how the martian atmosphere has changed over time. by The United Launch Alliance...
View ArticleIRIS Mission Gets First Look at Sun's Mysterious Interface Region
Download image NASA Logo. (PRNewsFoto/NASA) WASHINGTON, July 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft has captured its first observations of a...
View ArticleNASA Telescope Snaps 1st Photos of Mystery Region on the Sun
A still image from the first movie captured by the IRIS solar observatory, 21 hours after mission controllers opened the telescope’s door. Credit: NASA/IRIS View full size image NASA's newest solar...
View ArticleFirst photos of mystery region on the sun
By By Denise ChowPublished July 26, 2013Space.com A still image from the first movie captured by the IRIS solar observatory, 21 hours after mission controllers opened the telescope’s door.NASA/IRIS...
View ArticleNASA launches new satellite on a two-year mission to observe the sun
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — NASA has launched a satellite on a mission to examine a little-studied region of the sun that it hopes will improve space weather prediction. The Iris satellite is...
View ArticleNASA Spacecraft Provides New Information About Sun’s Atmosphere (NASA - The...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) has provided scientists with five new findings into how the sun's atmosphere, or...
View ArticleNASA Spacecraft Provides New Information About Sun's Atmosphere
NASA Logo Facebook Twitter Pinterest × NASA Logo WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) has provided scientists with five new findings...
View ArticleMoon Engulfed in Permanent, Lopsided, Dust Cloud (Ames Research Center)
(Source: Ames Research Center) MORE STORIES New science results from NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE, mission indicate that the moon is engulfed in a permanent, but...
View ArticleAurora 'Christmas Lights' on Mars Spotted by NASA Spacecraft
Artist’s illustration of MAVEN’s Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph instrument observing the “Christmas Lights Aurora" on Mars. MAVEN's observations show that auroras on Mars are similar to those on...
View ArticleNASA Probe Finds Nanoflares and Plasma 'Bombs' on Sun
The first results from a new NASA sun-studying spacecraft are in, and they reveal a complex and intriguing picture of Earth's star. NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph probe (IRIS) has...
View ArticleHot Plasma 'Bombs' Explain Mysterious Solar Phenomena
NASANASA's IRIS spacecraft reveals insight to long-standing solar mysteries. The first results from a new NASA sun-studying spacecraft are in, and they reveal a complex and intriguing picture of...
View ArticleNew evidence found on how solar winds blow
The first data from NASA's new Sun-gazing satellite IRIS has revealed new evidence about how the heat of the sun travels through space. Last year, NASA launched its Interface Region Imaging...
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