NASA's Cosmicopia -- Solar Wind News Archive

December 12, 2006: Space weather "driver" discovered -- Astronomy.com
December 6, 2006: Magnetic whirlpools feed Earth's magnetosphere -- European Space Agency
November 22, 2006: Genesis findings solve Apollo lunar soil mystery -- MoonDaily
September 21, 2006: Surprises from the edge of the solar system -- Science@NASA
September 19, 2006: Automated shock detection and analysis software for real-time application -- ACE News
June 30, 2006: Common suprathermal tail spectra at 1 AU -- ACE News
June 20, 2006: Cluster makes an effervescent discovery -- EurekAlert!
May 23, 2006: Voyager 2 detects odd shape of solar system's edge -- Space.com
May 23, 2006: Voyager: living on the edge - of the solar system -- NASA JPL
May 19, 2006: ESA's Cluster flies through Earth's electrical switch -- ESA Portal
May 17, 2006: The origin of suprathermal electron depletions in the solar wind -- ACE News
May 3, 2006: STEREO spacecraft begin Florida launch preparations -- Spaceflight Now
April 6, 2006: It's the Sun, but not as we know it -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation News
April 5, 2006: Solar wind whips up auroral storms on Jupiter and Saturn -- SpaceRef.com
March 24, 2006: Solar sails -- NASA GSFC Science Question of the Week
January 12, 2006: Satellites see largest jet of particles created between Sun and Earth -- EurekAlert!
January 11, 2006: Space probes detect enormous natural particle accelerator -- NASA GSFC
December 16, 2005: New solar wind data products -- ACE News
December 13, 2005: Hundreds of auroras detected on Mars -- ScienceDaily
October 7, 2005: Ulysses, fifteen years and going strong -- SpaceRef.com
September 27, 2005: Voyager finds three surprises near our solar system's edge -- PhysOrg.com
September 26, 2005: Voyager 1: messages from the edge -- SpaceRef.com
August 30, 2005: Wave activity near interplanetary traveling shocks: excitation of Alfven and ion whistler waves -- ACE News
August 11, 2005: From 'macro' to 'micro,' turbulence seen by cluster -- SpaceDaily
May 27, 2005: Reaching the solar system's edge -- Astronomy.com
May 24, 2005: Voyager spacecraft enters solar system's final frontier -- NASA JPL
May 11, 2005: CU-Boulder to receive $12 million to participate in solar space mission -- SpaceRef.com
May 10, 2005: Deep roots of solar wind help predict space environment -- Southwest Research Institute
April 22, 2005: Solar wind originates in coronal funnels -- Max Planck Society
April 20, 2005: NASA announces key Genesis science collectors in excellent shape -- NASA HQ
April 18, 2005: Determination of dissipation range spectra in the solar wind -- ACE News
April 5, 2005: NASA study finds Earth's auroras are not mirror images -- NASA HQ
March 30, 2005: Picking up where Genesis left off -- CNN.com
March 15, 2005: The distortion of the heliosphere: our interstellar magnetic compass -- SpaceRef.com
March 3, 2005: Genesis crash may yield results -- BBC News
January 27, 2005: NASA sends first Genesis early-science sample to researchers -- NASA HQ
November 29, 2004: Four-point observations of solar wind discontinuities -- SpaceDaily
November 9, 2004: Direct evidence for reconnection in the solar wind near 1 AU -- ACE News
October 27, 2004: ACE plasma composition measurements provide a tool for the identification of interplanetary coronal mass ejections -- ACE News
October 14, 2004: NASA's Genesis mishap board & researchers both report progress -- NASA HQ
October 9, 2004: The flow of interstellar helium in the solar system -- SpaceRef.com
September 20, 2004: The flow of interstellar helium in the solar system -- European Space Agency
September 16, 2004: Genesis team hopeful about solar wind samples -- Spaceflight Now
September 14, 2004: Genesis mission's hard impact -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 13, 2004: Stardust survives crash landing -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
September 10, 2004: Genesis scientists bouncing back from hard landing -- NASA HQ
September 8, 2004: Genesis mission status report -- NASA HQ
September 3, 2004: Genesis reentry -- Science@NASA
August 30, 2004: The Genesis payload: just how dangerous are its contents? -- Space.com
August 20, 2004: Stunt pilots to catch falling stardust -- Australian Broadcasting Company
August 19, 2004: NASA mission returns with a piece of the Sun -- NASA JPL
August 12, 2004: How the solar wind gets past the Earth's shield -- Universe Today
June 8, 2004: SWAP to determine where the sun and ice worlds meet -- Southwest Research Institute
May 15, 2004: Solar wind to shield Earth during pole flip -- New Scientist
May 5, 2004: NASA Genesis spacecraft on final lap toward home -- NASA JPL
April 30, 2004: Hollywood helps NASA with Genesis probe -- National Public Radio
April 6, 2004: Solar wind sampler seals its scoops -- New Scientist
April 5, 2004: No variability of N/O in the solar wind implies non-solar origin of lunar nitrogen -- ACE News
April 5, 2004: NASA Spacecraft locks the vault on its sapphire, diamond payload -- NASA JPL
April 2, 2004: Here comes the Sun -- SpaceDaily
January 29, 2004: Coupled dispersionless modulations in solar electron bursts and the solar wind strahl -- ACE News
January 3, 2004: Next stop, interstellar space -- Science News
December 4, 2003: Solar wind cracks Earth's magnetic field -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
December 3, 2003: Cracks in Earth's magnetic shield -- Science@NASA
December 3, 2003: Stormy space weather slips through the cracks -- NASA GSFC
November 20, 2003: Voyager at 90 AU -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 5, 2003: What does the edge of the solar system look like? Ask Voyager. -- NASA
November 5, 2003: Voyager spacecraft approaches solar system's final frontier -- NASA JPL
October 31, 2003: Very low-energy solar electron bursts and solar wind structure -- ACE News
September 29, 2003: Prestigious award for SOHO team -- NASA GSFC
September 20, 2003: Apollo 11: catching some Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 9, 2003: Solar wind makes waves; killer electrons go surfing? -- NASA GSFC
August 27, 2003: Astrophysicist recognized for discovery of solar wind -- National Geographic
August 18, 2003: Powerful geomagnetic storm sent out by the Sun -- SpaceRef.com
August 6, 2003: Source for major type of supernova explosions found -- Spaceflight Now
June 9, 2003: Comet X-ray emissions simulated in laboratory -- Spaceflight Now
May 25, 2003: SOHO investigates source of 'fast' solar wind -- Spaceflight Now
May 19, 2003: An exploration extravaganza -- Spaceflight Now
March 27, 2003: Is the Earth preparing to flip? -- BBC News
March 27, 2003: The Core: Hollywood fiction or science? -- National Geographic
February 25, 2003: Pioneer 10 spacecraft sends last signal -- NASA
January 2, 2003: Suprathermal electrons in high-speed streams -- ACE News
August 16, 2002: 25 years later, Voyager mission keeps pushing the space envelope -- NASA JPL
July 26, 2002: Stock market swings help researchers understand extreme events in solar wind -- ScienceDaily
May 24, 2002: Sun-catcher probe completes its first loop around L1 point -- Spaceflight Now
May 15, 2002: Tail wags of Comet Ikeya-Zhang -- NASA GSFC APOD
May 9, 2002: Earth's space storm shield offers protection at a price -- NASA GSFC
March 16, 2002: Solar wind power to point and stabilize space telescope -- Newswise
March 4, 2002: Jupiter then and now -- NASA GSFC HEAPOW
February 28, 2002: Unique spacecraft group probes Jupiter magnetosphere -- UniSci
February 28, 2002: Solar wind buffets vast Jupiter region -- Spaceflight Now
February 27, 2002: Solar wind buffets vast Jupiter region, team approach reveals -- NASA JPL
January 8, 2002: Star Wars: What happens when stellar winds collide -- Space.com
December 3, 2001: Genesis spacecraft begins mission to collect samples of the Sun -- NASA HQ
November 16, 2001: Genesis mission status -- NASA JPL
November 15, 2001: Genesis gets to the point -- NASA JPL
November 7, 2001: Solar wind electron halo depletions at 90 degree pitch angle -- ACE News
November 5, 2001: Genesis status report -- NASA JPL
October 30, 2001: Plucky IMP completes 28-year observing marathon -- NASA HQ
October 16, 2001: Solar wind discoveries at solar maximum -- Spaceflight Now
October 11, 2001: Lunar soil yields evidence about Sun's dynamic workings -- Purdue University
August 31, 2001: Ulysses forecasts weather at Sun's north pole -- NASA JPL
August 8, 2001: Genesis on its way to pick up a piece of the Sun -- Space.com
August 8, 2001: Spacecraft riding high to catch some rays -- NASA JPL
July 25, 2001: Wind spacecraft flies through the spigot where the solar wind pours into Earth's magnetosphere -- NASA GSFC
July 25, 2001: NASA's Wind spacecraft flies through Earth's magnetic tail and captures rare event in action -- UC Berkeley
July 11, 2001: Genesis set to catch a piece of the Sun -- NASA
June 22, 2001: The Genesis project: Catching the solar wind -- Space.com
June 11, 2001: Wind bubble found around young super star cluster -- Spaceflight Now
March 28, 2001: Kinks in Sun's waves unraveled -- NASA JPL
February 1, 2001: Insect-like space structure previews our Sun's death -- NASA JPL
January 23, 2001: Galileo wrapping up Jovian magnetosphere study -- Spaceflight Now
January 4, 2001: NASA's Cassini listens to eerie new 'sounds' of space near Jupiter -- NASA JPL
December 31, 2000: Spacecraft gets close to Jupiter -- BBC News
December 30, 2000: Cassini visualizes the invisible, tracks giant storms -- NASA JPL
December 30, 2000: Cassini and Galileo space probes double-team Jupiter -- Spaceflight Now
December 19, 2000: Spacecraft tunes in to the music of Jupiter -- CNN.com
December 19, 2000: Most distant spacecraft may reach shock zone soon -- Spaceflight Now
December 17, 2000: Magnetic field 'umbrellas' shield Martian atmosphere -- Spaceflight Now
December 9, 2000: NASA contacts oldest spacecraft, 35 years after launch -- Space.com
November 27, 2000: Ulysses spacecraft swings over the Sun's south pole -- Spaceflight Now
October 25, 2000: Relating solar wind plasma to its coronal sources using in situ charge state information -- ACE News
October 12, 2000: Sampling the solar wind -- Scientific American
October 11, 2000: New bulk metallic glass to catch pieces of the solar wind -- NASA JPL
September 25, 2000: Revisiting the day the solar wind almost disappeared -- ACE News
September 17, 2000: Saturnian aurora -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 6, 2000: Ulysses studies the Sun's polar cap at sunspot maximum -- NASA JPL
August 25, 2000: Oxygen isotopes in the fast solar wind: ACE/SWIMS -- ACE News
June 30, 2000: Moon's helium-3 could power Earth -- Space.com
June 20, 2000: Galileo moves away from Jupiter in test with Cassini -- Spaceflight Now
May 26, 2000: Solar sail -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 18, 2000: A wind from the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 3, 2000: The Sun's show hots up -- BBC News
March 2, 2000: Pioneer 10 gets new lease on life in outer solar system -- CNN
February 24, 2000: Leaky Sun threatens disruption -- BBC
February 24, 2000: Space weather mission nears launch -- NASA MSFC
December 23, 1999: Unusual aurora during solar wind dropout -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 13, 1999: The day the solar wind disappeared -- NASA MSFC
December 9, 1999: The near disappearance of the solar wind -- ACE News
July 19, 1999: Genesis spacecraft to collect solar wind samples -- CNN
July 8, 1999: Surfing magnetic waves in the solar atmosphere -- NASA MSFC
February 12, 1999: Solar wind sulfur isotopes: SWIMS -- ACE News
February 8, 1999: The solar wind emerges -- NASA GSFC APOD
February 4, 1999: New images reveal 'honeycomb' source of solar wind -- CNN
February 4, 1999: Where the solar wind blows -- BBC News
January 21, 1999: Up, up, and away to the magnetosphere -- NASA MSFC
January 7, 1999: Deep Space probe takes measure of solar wind -- CNN
November 30, 1998: How much do field lines mix in the solar wind? -- ACE News
February 27, 1998: First measurements of the solar wind composition with the high resolution mass spectrometer SWIMS -- ACE News