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SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover ...

A total lunar eclipse best seen from North America on March 13-14, 2025, may reveal the northern lights, thanks to solar ...

SpaceX and NASA successfully launched the agency’s newest space telescope and solar research mission Tuesday evening. A ...

NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions face delays due to SpaceX checks SPHEREx will map the cosmos using infrared light observations PUNCH will study solar wind and coronal mass ejections ...

Researchers discover collisionless shock waves as cosmic engines accelerating subatomic particles in space to extreme speeds.

The Met Office has revealed what areas may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis this weekend.

The researchers' ... Mystery of 'Slow' Solar Wind Unveiled by Solar Orbiter Mission May 28, 2024 — Scientists have come a step closer to identifying the mysterious origins of the 'slow' solar ...

Qi Zhang, a doctoral student at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and Umeå University, explores in her doctoral thesis ...

A storm as powerful as the Carrington event of 1859 might cause some issues, says a reader, but modern planes have a lot of ...