Heliophysics - Sun Topics
Multi-Agency Mission Uses Laser to Measure Winds
Science@NASA Headline News — April 6, 2011
September '96: Coldest Month Ever?
1996 — April 6, 2011
Marshall Spacecraft Eyeballs Lightningfrom Space!
1996 — April 6, 2011
Pollen Alert!
2008 — April 6, 2011
NASA is teaming up with public health organizations to create a pollen alert system that could help people with maladies ranging from common hay fever to serious heart and lung diseases.
How Round is the Sun?
2008 — April 6, 2011
Scientists using NASA's RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision, and they find that it is not a perfect sphere. During years of high solar activity the sun develops a thin "cantaloupe skin" that significantly increases its apparent oblateness.
A Flash of Insight: LCROSS Mission Update
2008 — Sept. 20, 2011
There are places on The Moonwhere the sun hasn't shined for millions of years, inky-dark places that may harbor a treasure of great value. NASA's is about to light one of them up.
Polar Crown Prominences
2008 — April 6, 2011
Japan's Hinode spacecraft is beaming back must-see movies of a spectacular solar phenomenon known as 'polar crown prominences.'
The Realm of Earthworms: NASA Gets Down to the Nitty-Gritty
2008 — Sept. 20, 2011
NASA scientists are preparing to launch a "flying tractor" with microwave sensors to explore the nitty-gritty realm beneath your feet.
Radical New Lab Fights Disease Using Satellites
2008 — April 6, 2011
A cutting-edge laboratory has opened in Alabama. Its mission: to combat diseases ranging from asthma to malaria to stroke using data from NASA satellites. Space scientists and public health officials are working together to train the doctors of tomorrow in this far-out approach to medicine.
Lunar GRAIL
2008 — April 6, 2011
Gravitationally speaking, The Moonis a strange place. Satellites in lunar orbit feel odd, sideways tugs and end up nose down in the moondust. Astronautsstanding in the middle of lunar lava seas weigh more than they do standing on the shore. A new NASA mission named GRAIL aims to map the moon's quirky gravity field and thus pave the way for future exploration.