Topic: solar wind
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Ride a Cosmic Carpool to a Distant Space Weather Post
A $1.6 billion trio of scientific missions launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to a point nearly a million miles from Earth, using a shared "cosmic carpool" approach to maximize scientific return. NOAA's satellite will provide real-time solar wind data to forecast geomagnetic storms that threate...
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NASA: Solar Activity Is Increasing Faster Than Predicted
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has observed a faster-than-expected increase in solar activity, reversing a previous declining trend. A NASA-led study confirms this unexpected turnaround, with solar wind and magnetic field measurements rising since a 2008 low. Enhanced monitoring from upcoming ...
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