On Sept. 23, a spacecraft will launch with a clear mission — to keep a constant watch on the sun to help protect Earth from ...

An M3-class solar flare that lasted about 3 hours created a massive coronal mass ejection. The Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

"This is extremely urgent. Satellites like ACE, SOHO, and DSCOVR have all exceeded their design lifetimes," said Richard Ullman, deputy director of NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Office, at a media ...

Much as we may treasure and proclaim our independence, we actually live in a protective bubble called the heliosphere.