Scientists announced on Friday (April 18) that the newest solar investigator in town has captured its first-light images — or should I say the newest solar investigators. That is, this NASA ...

The Sun has never looked quite like this. With a quartet of small satellites flying in formation, NASA’s PUNCH mission is stitching together a seamless, cinematic view of solar eruptions as they leave ...

What can NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission teach scientists about solar wind and space weather? This is what findings presented at the 246th American Astronomical ...

WASHINGTON, March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's newest astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx, is on its way to study the origins of our universe and the history of galaxies, and to search for the ...

This week was monumental for NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH mission. The four small satellites sent to low Earth orbit opened their eyes metaphorically for the first ...

Four San Antonio-built satellites on a NASA mission to stare at the sun have opened their eyes and tested their thrusters for the first time. Known as PUNCH, the suitcase-sized craft from Southwest ...

On April 18, 2025, the WFI-2 instrument (which captured its first light on April 14) took images through all three of its polarizers in succession for the first time to create this view. The image is ...

What new insights about the Sun has NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission revealed to the scientific community? This is what a recent media roundtable at the American ...

NASA’s first crewed moon mission in decades was delayed as its engineers grapple with an all-too-familiar rocket problem: hydrogen leaks. Fixing the issue is even trickier than it may seem.

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

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