SOLAR SCIENCE
BAE Systems selected to develop NOAA's next-generation space weather satellite
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2025
BAE Systems (LON: BA) has been chosen to construct the spacecraft bus for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) forthcoming Space Weather Ne ... more
Proba-3 Prepares for Solar Corona Observations with Stellar Alignment Test
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
The European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission is set to generate artificial solar eclipses in orbit, enabling scientists to conduct prolonged studies of the Sun's corona-observations that are otherwis ... more
NASA's EZIE Launching to Study Magnetic Fingerprints of Earth's Aurora
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
High above Earth's poles, intense electrical currents called electrojets flow through the upper atmosphere when auroras glow in the sky. These auroral electrojets push about a million amps of electrical charge around the poles every second. ... more