The solar wind's secret hammerheads and what they tell us about heat in space

The proton sharks showed up on a Friday. In a routine data calibration meeting for NASA's Parker Solar Probe in 2020, a small ...
Yahoo

The 'solar wind,' which the sun is constantly blasting over the planets, suddenly disappeared and created a void around Mars

Solar wind washes over the planets, but it briefly disappeared at Mars due to an event on the sun. Mars's atmosphere temporarily expanded by thousands of kilometers. NASA's MAVEN orbiter observed the ...
AOL

NASA will launch dual missions to explore solar wind and the 'origins of the universe'

NASA is preparing to launch two missions on Tuesday: one to study the sun, the other to examine, oh, just the origins of the universe. “How does the universe work? How did we get here within that ...
ABC7

NASA's InSight lander records first sound of wind on Mars

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's new Mars lander has captured the first sounds of the Martian wind. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory released audio clips of the alien wind Friday. The low-frequency rumblings ...
The Virginian-Pilot

NASA’s first new wind tunnel in 40 years will turn science fiction to fact

Flying cars. Space tourism. Safe reentry for astronauts coming back from Mars. These technologies are still science fiction, but some won’t be for much longer, according to Charles “Mike” Fremaux, ...
CBS News

NASA probes will study how solar wind triggers potentially dangerous "space weather"

SpaceX launched twin satellites for NASA Wednesday that will study how the electrically-charged solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field, creating constantly changing and occasionally ...