On Earth, we have weather because we have an ... We're about to learn more about the solar wind, thanks to NASA's newly launched Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX). CODEX is a solar coronagraph ...
In 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 made history as the ... especially when under the influence of solar wind. Just as Earth’s magnetic field responds to solar storms and changes in solar wind pressure ...
The strongest winds in the solar system are on Neptune, where they blow at a supersonic 1,100 mph (1,770 km/h), or 1.5 times the speed of sound, according to NASA. On Earth, human-built wind ...
NASA and solar physicists are on the ... “Understanding the mechanism behind the sun’s wind is important for practical reasons on Earth,” said James Drake of the University of Maryland ...
Scientists have found that a "rare intense wind event" during NASA's Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 may have seriously messed with our understanding of the planet. And yes, we admit, the jokes ...