... and track active regions emergent on the far side of the Sun has important implications for future space weather predictive capabilities,” said Dr. Carrie Black, Program Director at NSF. “GONG continues to be a valuable tool for both fundamental...
...hour. These space weather events, when directed at Earth, can affect not only just our weather but the...Amy Winebarger, principal investigator for the Hi-C mission at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. “By studying how the Sun ...
... on our planet. Activity on the sun, known as space weather, can affect systems on Earth. Magnetic eruptions on the sun...telescope will improve our understanding of what drives space weather and ultimately help forecasters better predict solar storms...
... the Mysteries of the Sun’s Poles. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are also launching a Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO) satellite designed to make direct, in-situ, measurements of the solar wind thermal plasma and magnetic...
... the United States’ National Academy of Sciences produced a study called “The Societal and Economic Impact of Severe Space Weather”. The panel looked at past events and estimated what a severe geomagnetic storm would do to global infrastructure. They...
..., nowcast and forecast potentially dangerous solar events, ESA has initiated the assessment of two possible future space weather missions, positioning spacecraft in orbit at the Sun-Earth L1 and L5 Lagrange points. About the author Dr Delores Knipp...