What is the temperature in space? It's a far more complicated question than it seems. Because space is considered a vacuum, which means it's empty, it has no temperature. But the objects traveling ...

A predictive space weather model developed by APL and partners that is designed to simulate how solar storms affect Earth is ...

The NASA Space Weather Program studies how weather in space affects not only humans on Earth, but also how it could create challenges for astronauts and spacecraft on missions. Space weather is a term ...

What: A major coronal hole on the Sun is releasing high-speed solar wind toward Earth, driving recent auroral activity and space weather disturbances. Coronal holes are cooler regions where the Sun’s ...

SpaceX will launch NASA's ambitious IMAP mission and two other space weather probes early Wednesday morning (Sept. 24), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off ...

Sept. 24 (UPI) --SpaceX launched a trio of spacecraft Wednesday morning, each meant to study the sun and space weather, and their affects on Earth. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy ...

Space weather can be a silent threat, its effects often invisible until disaster strikes. Yet, as humanity grows more dependent on satellites for everything from communication to navigation, ...

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti receives funding from NASA. He is the Principal Investigator of Space Weather Investigation Frontier (SWIFT). The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society ...

A strong geomagnetic storm in spring 2024 brought the northern lights unusually far south, as the auroral oval expanded well beyond its typical position. "I am surprised at how sparse the measurement ...