NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes will give an inside view of the vast Van Allen radiation belts.
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A geomagnetic storm in early October lit up the skies with northern lights that were detected by an Earth-observing satellite.
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On January 23, 2012, satellites observed the most powerful solar radiation storm since 2005.
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A solar flare and coronal mass ejection in mid-July 2012 raised the possibility of geomagnetic storms and auroras.
Fifteen years ago this month, the European Space Agency and NASA launched SOHO, a satellite that fundamentally changed our understanding of the Sun and how it affects our planet.
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After arriving in its final orbit, DSCOVR will monitor the solar wind and send back epic views of Earth’s full sunlit disk.
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Solar storms smacked into Earth’s magnetic field and provoked auroras over the southern and northern hemisphere just after the summer solstice.
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At 20 times the size of Earth, the largest sunspot observed since the November 2003 series of solar storms is now pointed directly at Earth.
A new solar irradiance sensor is headed for the International Space Station.
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