NASA 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 ArticleUC Berkeley picked to build space weather satellite (University of California)
(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 ArticleSolar Storm 2013 Forecast Suggests Sun's Peak Activity To Hit Century Low
By: Elizabeth Howell Published: 01/04/2013 10:07 AM EST on SPACE.com The sun's peak of solar activity this year will likely be the quietest seen in at least 100 years, say NASA scientists who watch...
View ArticleNRL's SoloHI instrument selected for flight on solar orbiter mission
The NRL SoloHI instrument is an optical telescope, similar to ones that NRL has flown before on missions such as the STEREO mission, but with a new light-weight camera system designed to handle the...
View ArticleAuroras Pictured in HD From High-Flying Balloons
About a dozen weather balloons carrying high-definition cameras and science experiments took to the skies this month as part of an unprecedented study of auroras. Launched from near Fairbanks, Alaska,...
View ArticleNASA's Newest Solar Mission Spacecraft Ready For Launch
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft is on track for a launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on June 26. IRIS will...
View ArticleCluster mission indicates turbulent eddies may warm the solar wind
The solar wind is made of an electrically-charged gas called plasma. One theory about the wind's puzzling high temperatures is that irregularities in the flow of charged particles and magnetic fields...
View ArticlePriorities list issued to direct heliophysics research
NASA should shift its heliophysics research strategy to include more nimble, less expensive satellite missions in light of a tight budget already devoted to several costly projects this decade, top...
View ArticleNASA's Newest Solar Satellite Arrives At Vandenberg AFB For Launch
GREENBELT, Md., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) satellite arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday, April 16, to begin...
View ArticleSolar Flare 2013: Intense Sun Eruption Aimed At Earth, Scientists Say
By: Tariq Malik Published: 02/10/2013 02:40 AM EST on SPACE.com A long-lasting solar flare erupted from the sun early Saturday (Feb. 9), triggering an intense sun eruption aimed squarely at Earth. The...
View ArticleSun's solar storm peak expected to be lowest in 100 years
The sun's peak of solar activity this year will likely be the quietest seen in at least 100 years, say NASA scientists who watch Earth's closest star daily. Sunspot numbers are low, researchers said,...
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 ArticleSolar Probe Plus: NASA solar study mission moves to next design stage
The team led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), which has been developing the spacecraft for this extreme environment, has been given the nod from NASA to continue design...
View ArticleUniversity of Minnesota-led experiment to fly on NASA mission to Earth's...
Data from RBSP will deepen scientists' understanding of how radiation belt particles become energized and aid the design of spacecraft to withstand the strongest radiation. "We really are trying to...
View ArticleJuno: Nasa's $1.1bn probe to Jupiter to 'unlock solar system secrets'
A Nasa spacecraft called "Juno" is set to embark on a mission to Jupiter. Image 1 of 3 An artist's rendering shows the Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter Photo: NASA/CALTECH Image 1 of 3 Three LEGO...
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...
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