Scientists use sunspots to predict the solar cycle and solar activity. That activity leads to space weather in the form of ...

After nine years of design, planning, and preparation, NASA 's Europa Clipper finally set sail on October 14, 2024, at 12:06 ...

In a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the international Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced that ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s ocean moon is not looking for life, but will see if life could be possible there.

NASA has officially given SpaceX the next two missions to the International Space Station under its Commercial Crew Program ...

NASA has taken to its blog to confirm the Sun has now reached the peak of its 11-year solar cycle, meaning we can expect a lot more activity out of our local star. The space agency informed ...

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A on NASA's anticipated Europa Clipper mission. The launch ...

Impact Link Thanks to the sun, we're in the middle of the best time to see the northern lights — and maybe the worst time to be a satellite. NASA announced Tuesday that the sun is in the ...

It’s also the second ever NASA launch for Falcon Heavy ... “The distance of Jupiter five times farther from the Sun than the Earth is, means it’s very cold out there,” he said.

This peak of activity is expected to last another year, according to NASA. The sun, and the intense magnetic activity it generates that causes the northern lights, waxes and wanes on an 11-year ...

For centuries, scientists have been counting sunspots to track this 11-year solar cycle, watching as the Sun transforms from a blank, spotless disk during solar minimum to one freckled with sunspots ...

Now, NASA’s Europa ... CNSA plans to launch the Interstellar Express sometime in 2024 to study the heliosphere (the outermost atmospheric layer of the Sun), and it will fly by Jupiter in its ...