NASA has announced five new concept proposals to investigate the phenomena of space weather and to better understand how the sun affects the space environment.
The sun doesn’t only provide us with light and heat here on Earth. It also sends out streams of energy and particles which zip through the solar system and create the complex phenomena of space weather. Our planet’s magnetosphere protects us from the worst of the sun’s radiation, but outside of this bubble, it can cause problems for both people and machines. Now, NASA has announced five new concept proposals to investigate the phenomena of space weather and to better understand how the sun affects the space environment. “We constantly seek missions that use cutting edge technology and novel approaches to push the boundaries of science,” Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said in a statement.
