A space-based telescope has captured new images of the sun that showcase one of our star's fiery outbursts. Coincidentally, also visible in the new images is the planet Mercury, appearing as a tiny ...
Forecasters will soon be able to use the instrument, a coronagraph, to better monitor the effects of solar storms. By Katrina Miller Before the northern lights fill the night sky on Earth with their ...
On Sept. 21, while skywatchers on Earth were eagerly watching a partial solar eclipse unfold, NOAA's space weather sentinel GOES-19 was also keeping watch from orbit. From its vantage point high above ...
Acoustic testing of GOES-U, the final satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series, was conducted at Lockheed Martin Space’s Littleton, Colorado, facility, where the ...
Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s most advanced geostationary weather satellite will include the country’s first ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The first images from a new space-based telescope launched into Earth's orbit to monitor the sun ...
The agency’s GOES-U satellite, scheduled to launch next month, will include an advanced instrument, called a compact coronagraph, to provide scientists with faster, more reliable data about solar ...