NASA’s latest study, relying on inputs from the Solar Active Region Spotter citizen science project, has uncovered groundbreaking insights into solar flare behavior. Volunteers from around the globe have helped scientists discover that long-lived active regions on the Sun produce far more intense and frequent solar flares than short-lived ones.

As four astronauts travel around the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission, they will venture beyond Earth's protective magnetic field. The crew's spacecraft, Orion, will carry and protect them as they journey into deep space and serves as the main protection against the sun's intense power.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams prepared the International Space Station for the addition a new solar array during a spacewalk on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun in March 2026, gathering data from the corona to improve understanding of solar wind and space weather.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun on March 11, again matching its record distance of 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) from the solar surface.

NASA astronauts are conducting a spacewalk to upgrade the solar panels powering the International Space Station. Watch here. (AP Photo)

Citizen scientists reviewing NASA data discovered unusually high Solar flare rates, helping researchers better understand the Sun’s magnetic activity and improve space-weather predictions.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Optical Telescope Element Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe models are now on permanent display at the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center, providing insight into testing and space missions.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has successfully flown through the sun's corona, or upper ...

Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company offering satellites, satellite components, and in-space transportation and hosted payload services, today announced that it was awarded a NASA contract to support the Space Storms Solar Sail Sentinel Demonstration Study for a potential mission based on the cislunar-capable Vigoride spacecraft platform.

NASA outlines how Artemis II astronauts are monitored for solar particle events during their lunar mission, including spacecraft shielding, real-time tracking, and onboard radiation detection systems.