The mini-satellite, named 3UCubed, was built over 5 years by students at Sonoma State, Howard and the University of New ...

Rohnert Park – Transporter 15, a ride-share mission operated by SpaceX, lifted off on Friday, Nov. 28 from Space Force Base ...

High above Earth, where space and the planet’s magnetic field meet, powerful forces collide. Streams of charged particles known as the solar wind constantly flow from the Sun toward Earth. Most of the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – NASA and NOAA are launching a powerful new tool called the SWFO-L1 satellite, which stands for “Space Weather Follow-On at Lagrange Point 1,″ to help us better understand and prepare ...

A new mission set to blast off for low-Earth orbit will study magnetic storms around the Earth and learn more about how they affect our atmosphere and satellites. NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp ...

NASA detects first “magnetic switchback” near Earth: an energetic change in your space shield that reveals new solar risks.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has achieved a rather unusual yet cool feat: successfully creating and maintaining artificial solar eclipses in space with its Proba-3 mission. This all comes down to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A cluster of space weather satellites blasted off Wednesday morning to cast fresh eyes on solar storms that can produce stunning auroras but also scramble communications and ...

Two satellites just carefully lined up to form a perfect “artificial total solar eclipse” in orbit. Earlier this year, the two probes, which are part of the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission, ...