NASA begins mission to map the boundaries of our heliosphere

A NASA mission is underway to map the heliosphere, which is a huge protective bubble around the solar system that was created by the sun.
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NASA’s $1B probe hit 400,000 mph to skim the sun, here’s what it saw

NASA spent roughly a billion dollars to send a car‑sized robot into the Sun’s atmosphere, and to get there it had to ...
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Our Solar System has a wall. And NASA is about to reveal its true shape

NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...
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NASA IMAP spacecraft studies particles and magnetic fields beyond the Sun

NASA’s IMAP spacecraft studies charged particles, energetic neutral atoms, and magnetic fields at the heliosphere’s boundaries, providing real-time space weather data for Earth and spacecraft.
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UAH researcher awarded $1.27M grant for solar flare mission

Dr. Athiray Panchapakesan at UAH leads a $1.27M NASA-backed mission to study solar flares' impact on Earth, aiming to improve ...
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The solar mission that survived disaster and found 5,000 comets

For thirty years, SOHO has watched the Sun from a stable perch in space, revealing the inner workings of our star and surviving crises that nearly ended the mission. Its long-term observations ...
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NASA delays Artemis II launch, meaning mission to moon will start Feb. 8 or later

Cold weather in Cape Canaveral prompted administrators to delay a crucial dress rehearsal for the launch. That leaves Artemis ...
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Stardust: The NASA Mission That Brought Back Particles From "The Very Origins Of The Solar System"

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...