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Comet ATLAS Offers Stunning Display as It Nears the Sun
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) recently passed within 8 million miles of the Sun, capturing the attention of astronomers. Observed by NASA and ESA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), the comet’s tail extended dramatically as it encountered intense solar winds, providing a unique opportunity to study the Sun’s impact on comets. The event, wh...
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NASA's LEXI Mission Will Explore Earth’s Magnetic Shield from the Moon
NASA is preparing for the launch of the Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI) aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, scheduled for January 15. The mission will observe Earth’s magnetosphere, capturing X-ray images that reveal how the planet's magnetic shield reacts to solar wind. This project could improve predictions of geoma...
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"Did Not Survive": NASA Films Comet Plunging Into Sun
American Space Agency NASA's Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of a comet disintegrating as it approached the Sun.
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From Edge Of Solar System To Crises On Earth, Top Science Stories of 2018
It was the year we left the heliosphere for the second time ever, and the year we got closer to the sun than ever. A year of biomedical breakthroughs and deadly disease outbreaks. It was a year in which humanity broke some crucial climate records (and not in a good way).
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NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Travels Beyond Heliosphere in Longest Running Mission
Voyager 2 was launched in 1977, just before Voyager 1, and both have travelled well beyond their original destinations: Jupiter and Saturn, stretching their four-year lifespan into 41 years.
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Nasa's Ibex Defines Interstellar Magnetic Field
A new study uses IBEX data and simulations of the interstellar boundary to better describe space in our galactic neighbourhood.
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3,000th Comet Found by Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
The 3,000th comet was originally spotted in the data by citizen scientist Worachate Boonplod from Samut Songkhram, Thailand, on September 13.
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Sun's Heliosphere Dominated by 2 Solar Jets: NASA
The Sun's heliosphere is dominated by two giant jets of material shooting backwards over the north and south poles of the star, according to a new NASA-funded study.
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Comet ATLAS Offers Stunning Display as It Nears the Sun
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) recently passed within 8 million miles of the Sun, capturing the attention of astronomers. Observed by NASA and ESA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), the comet’s tail extended dramatically as it encountered intense solar winds, providing a unique opportunity to study the Sun’s impact on comets. The event, wh...
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NASA's LEXI Mission Will Explore Earth’s Magnetic Shield from the Moon
NASA is preparing for the launch of the Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI) aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, scheduled for January 15. The mission will observe Earth’s magnetosphere, capturing X-ray images that reveal how the planet's magnetic shield reacts to solar wind. This project could improve predictions of geoma...
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"Did Not Survive": NASA Films Comet Plunging Into Sun
American Space Agency NASA's Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of a comet disintegrating as it approached the Sun.
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From Edge Of Solar System To Crises On Earth, Top Science Stories of 2018
It was the year we left the heliosphere for the second time ever, and the year we got closer to the sun than ever. A year of biomedical breakthroughs and deadly disease outbreaks. It was a year in which humanity broke some crucial climate records (and not in a good way).
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NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Travels Beyond Heliosphere in Longest Running Mission
Voyager 2 was launched in 1977, just before Voyager 1, and both have travelled well beyond their original destinations: Jupiter and Saturn, stretching their four-year lifespan into 41 years.
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Nasa's Ibex Defines Interstellar Magnetic Field
A new study uses IBEX data and simulations of the interstellar boundary to better describe space in our galactic neighbourhood.
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3,000th Comet Found by Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
The 3,000th comet was originally spotted in the data by citizen scientist Worachate Boonplod from Samut Songkhram, Thailand, on September 13.
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Sun's Heliosphere Dominated by 2 Solar Jets: NASA
The Sun's heliosphere is dominated by two giant jets of material shooting backwards over the north and south poles of the star, according to a new NASA-funded study.
