On March 7, 1962, NASA launched the first Orbiting Solar Observatory. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Eight of these satellites were launched between 1962 and 1975 to study the ...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a partial solar eclipse. See its view in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | ...
NASA is scheduled to launch its Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on ...
Patches of the sun's surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and can ...