The assessment of space weather event forecasts would benefit from more nuanced approaches that take account of event intensities peaking near the thresholds used to identify such events.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Proxima Centauri recently let loose a blast of radiation, and ground- and space-based telescopes detected the record-setting event at wavelengths ranging from radio to the ultraviolet.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Simulations of radiation storm fluxes on real flight paths highlight how severe space weather could expose aircrew and passengers on busy transatlantic routes to significant radiation doses.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Wind has been one of the most robust, diverse, long-lasting, and impactful heliophysics missions ever to have been carried out.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Better real-time estimates of thermospheric density are vital to the safe management of satellite traffic in Low Earth orbit, ensuring those satellites continue to deliver critical services.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Tiny magnetometers have turned your phone into a compass, and new research shows they are sensitive to geomagnetic storms.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
A versatile suite of computational models, already used to forecast magnetic storms and potential power grid and telecommunications disruptions, is preparing to welcome a larger group of users.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
A new set of five books presents the latest science on the Sun and the solar wind, magnetospheres in the solar system, Earth’s ionosphere, Earth’s upper atmosphere, and the effects of space weather.Read More »Education
New tools are helping make solar eclipse experiences and research accessible to people who are blind or low vision, communities often excluded from historically visually based sciences like astronomy.Read More »
