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Soon, there will be three new ways to study the Sun’s influence across the solar system with the launch of a trio of NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spacecraft. Expected to launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 23, the missions include NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration…

A group of technicians works to complete final inspections and checkouts of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft inside a cleanroom at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida. Image: John Pisani / Spaceflight Now Technicians inside a pair of clean rooms at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida,…

The moon can be seen on the right side of the image as a small sphere as it passes in front of the sun. (Image credit: NOAA) To study the sun, scientists use a specialized telescope called a coronagraph. This instrument mimics a solar eclipse by using a occulting disk…

Atlantic hurricanes like Hurricane Erin (pictured here) are more likely to occur during a La Niña. (Image credit: Photo by Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2025 via Getty Images) La Niña conditions could develop in the fall and early winter, but they will probably be weak and short-lived, forecasters say.…

Hurricane Erin might not have made landfall in the United States, but it’s still been pretty impactful along the East Coast. The storm might not be the strongest, spinning and moving to the northeast in the Atlantic Ocean and away from the United States, but it remains quite the beast…

Data: NOAA; Map: Axios VisualsHurricane Erin's threats prompted North Carolina's governor to declare a state of emergency as the massive storm began bringing huge swells that were impacting the N.C. Outer Banks on Tuesday.The big picture: The storm is not forecast to make landfall in the United States...Read More

Lighting flashed in the eye wall of Hurricane Erin as it intensified on Saturday (Aug. 15). (Image credit: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (CSU/CIRA & NOAA)) A weather satellite has captured stunning footage of Hurricane Erin crackling…

NASA invites media to view the agency’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft and two other missions — the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow On–Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory, which will launch along with IMAP as rideshares. Media will have the…

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced plans to hold two virtual public hearings on deep seabed mining next month. The hearings will take place on September 3, 2025 and September 4, 2025, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. US Eastern Time each day. Organizers hope “to…

Last Updated: August 04, 2025, 17:23 IST A mysterious sound, dubbed 'Julia', detected by NOAA in 1999 from the Pacific Ocean. Theories range from drifting icebergs to alien ships, but its source is still unknown. (Representative image) A strange and haunting sound echoing from the depths of the Pacific Ocean…