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India to launch Aditya-L1, its 1st solar probe, on Sept. 2
India plans to launch Aditya-L1, its first-ever dedicated solar probe, early on Saturday morning (Sept. 2).
Perseverance Mars rover spies big sunspot rotating toward Earth (photos)
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has captured photos of a big sunspot, which should rotate into view for those of us on Earth in the coming days.
India prepping to launch 1st sun-studying spacecraft next month
India is gearing up for its first-ever mission to study the sun, Aditya-L1, which is expected to launch in early September.
How ordinary spacecraft sensors could improve our understanding of space weather
"It's why we never throw anything away – you don't know what secrets are being stored in the data beamed down from space."
GPS satellites threatened more by mild solar storms than monster sun flares
Mild solar storms can cause more serious problems to GPS satellites than once-in-a-century events, a new study has found.
Powerful sun storm knocks out radio transmissions across North America
A powerful solar flare disrupted radio and navigation signals across North America on Monday and prompted space weather forecasters to issue warnings because of energetic particles hitting Earth.
1st solar eruption to simultaneously impact Earth, moon and Mars shows dangers of space radiation
In 2021, a coronal mass ejection that erupted from the sun was seen across a staggering range of 155 million miles. It spit energetic particles toward Mars, the Earth and the moon.
Space weather forecasts to get a boost from new probe on the International Space Station
A new space weather sensor is heading to the International Space Station to help scientists understand how the sun's outbursts alter Earth's upper atmosphere.
