VEPO-Related News

• Pressure Runs High at Edge of Solar System
  M. Johnson-Groh, NASA/GSFC, Oct. 10, 2019

• Parker Solar Probe Completes Third Close Approach of the Sun
  G. Brown, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Laboratory, Sep. 03, 2019

• How NASA Will Protect Astronauts From Space Radiation at the Moon
  L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 07, 2019

• Space Weather Causes Years of Radiation Damage to Satellites Using Electric Propulsion
  Royal Astronomical Society, Jul. 01, 2019

• How NASA Prepares Spacecraft for the Harsh Radiation of Space
  L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Jun. 10, 2019

• Multiradionuclide Evidence for an Extreme Solar Proton Event
  Around 2,610 B.P. (~660 BC)
  P. O’Hare et al., Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Mar. 26, 2019

• Discovering Bonus Science With NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Spacecraft
  M. Johnson-Groh, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 07, 2019

• Illuminating First Light Data from Parker Solar Probe
  S. Frazier, Parker Solar Probe/NASA, Sep. 19, 2018

• Wave-particle Interactions Allow Collision-free Energy Transfer in Space Plasma
  Nagoya University, Sep. 18, 2018

• As Solar Wind Blows, Our Heliosphere Balloons
  M. Hatfield, NASA/GSFC, Jun. 06, 2018

• Memorial for Tom Armstrong
  VEPO Friend and Contributor. Now he is with the Cosmos, Jun. 04, 2018

• NASA Selects Mission to Study Solar Wind Boundary of Outer Solar System
  NASA Release 18-046, Jun. 01, 2018

• Does Dark Matter Ever Die?
  K. Becker, Nova Next, May 30, 2018

• The Case of the Relativistic Particles Solved with NASA Missions
  M. Johnson-Groh, NASA/GSFC, May 29, 2018

• What Can the Death of a Neutron Tell Us About Dark Matter?
  C. Q. Choi, Inside Science, May 24, 2018

• Could Recent Supernovae be Responsible for Mass Extinctions?
  J. DeMarines, Astrobiology Magazine, May 18, 2018

• A bolt of insight: U-led Team Makes Breakthrough in Understanding Rare Lightning-triggered Gamma-ray Flashes
  L. Potter, University of Utah, May 17, 2018

• NASAs New Dellingr Spacecraft Baselined for Pathfinding CubeSat Mission to Van Allen Belts
  L. Keesey, NASA/GSFC, May 01, 2018

• The Sun Is Spitting Out Strange Patterns of Gamma Rays - and No One Knows Why
  S. Hall, Scientific American, Mar. 28, 2018

• Earth’s Radiation Belts: Celebrating Six Decades of Discovery
  D. N. Baker and L. J. Lanzerotti, EoS, Mar. 20, 2018

• UNH Researchers Find Space Radiation is Increasingly More Hazardous
  University of New Hampshire, Mar. 15, 2018

• Leaky Atmosphere Linked to Lightweight Planet
  European Space Agency, Feb. 08, 2018

• Latest Data From IMAGE Indicates Spacecraft’s Power Functional
  NASA/GSFC, Feb. 05, 2018

• Stellar Magnetism: What’s Behind the Most Brilliant Lights in the Sky?
  D. Tenenbaum, University of Wisconsin Madison, Jan. 30, 2018

• NASA’s Long Dead ‘IMAGE’ Satellite is Alive!
  S. Tilley, Riddles in the Sky, Wordpress, Jan. 21, 2018

• Magnetic Coil Springs Accelerate Particles on the Sun
  B. Krummheuer, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Jan. 10, 2018

• Magnets With a Single Pole Are Still Giving Physicists the Slip
  E. Conover, Science News, Jan. 09, 2018

• Saturn’s Radiation Belts: A Stranger to the Solar Wind
  Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Oct. 30, 2017

• Large Solar Storm Sparks Global Aurora and Doubles Radiation Levels on the Martian Surface
  NASA/JPL, Sep. 29, 2017

• Detecting Cosmic Rays from a Galaxy Far, Far Away
  K. Christensen, Michigan Technological University, Sep. 21, 2017

• Explorer 1: The First U.S. Satellite
  E. Howell, Space.com, Aug. 10, 2017

• NASA’s Voyager Spacecraft Still Reaching for the Stars After 40 Years
  NASA, Jul. 31, 2017

• NASA Listens in as Electrons Whistle While They Work
  M. Johnson-Groh, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 17, 2017

• Predictive Capability for Extreme Space Weather Events
  EoS News, American Geophysics Union, Apr. 26, 2017

• NASA’s Cassini, Voyager Missions Suggest New Picture of Sun’s Interaction with Galaxy
  S. Frazier, NASA/GSFC, Apr. 24, 2017

• Explaining Unexpected Twists in the Sun’s Magnetic Field
  M. Zastrow, EoS, American Geophysical Union, Apr. 04, 2017

• Relativistic Electrons Uncovered with NASA’s Van Allen Probes
  M. Johnson-Groh, NASA/GSFC, Mar. 15, 2017

• Alien Particles from Outer Space are Wreaking Low-grade Havoc on Personal Electronic Devices
  D. Salisbury, Vanderbilt University, Feb. 17, 2017

• Extreme Space Weather-Induced Electricity Blackouts Could Cost U.S. more than $40 Billion Daily
  American Geophysical Union, Jan. 18, 2017

• Hubble Provides Interstellar Road Map for Voyagers’ Galactic Trek
  Space Telescope Science Institute, Jan. 07, 2017

• NASA Finds Unusual Origins of High-Energy Electrons
  M. Johnson-Groh, NASA/GSFC, Nov. 14, 2016

• Cosmic rays may threaten space-weather satellite
  A. Witze, Nature, Oct. 28, 2016

• STEREO: 10 Years of Revolutionary Solar Views
  S. Frazier, NASA/GSFC, Oct. 25, 2016

• Mars-bound Astronauts Face Chronic Dementia Risk From Galactic Cosmic Ray Exposure
  University of California Irvine, Oct. 10, 2016

• NASA’s Van Allen Probes Spot Electron Rainfall in Atmosphere
  L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Sep. 28, 2016

• Supernova Extraordinaire Might Actually be a Black Hole’s Lunch
  R. Boyle, New Scientist Daily News, Sep. 19, 2016

• X-ray Detection Sheds New Light on Pluto
  M. Porter and M. Watzke, Chandra Observatory, Sep. 14, 2016

• Dark Matter, Dark Photons And The Fifth Force
  B. Koberlein, Forbes, Aug. 29, 2016

• This Weird Galaxy Is Actually 99.99 Percent Dark Matter
  H. Weitering, Space.com, Aug. 26, 2016

• NASA Just Found a Spacecraft That’s Been Lost For Two Years
  R. Feltman, Washington Post, Aug. 23, 2016

• NASA’s Van Allen Probes Catch Rare Glimpse of Supercharged Radiation Belt
  L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 15, 2016

• Simulations by PPPL Physicists Suggest That External Magnetic Fields Can Calm Plasma Instabilities
  R. Rosen, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Aug. 15, 2016

• ‘Electric Wind’ Can Strip Earth-like Planets of Oceans, Atmospheres
  B. Steigerwald, Jun. 20, 2016

• NASA Mini-Balloon Mission Maps Migratory Magnetic Boundary
  S. Frazier, NASA/GSFC, May 19, 2016

• NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission puts magnetic reconnection under the microscope
  Southwest Research Institute, May 12, 2016

• National Academy of Sciences Elects Dr. Gary Zank as Member
  J. Steele, University of Alabama in Huntsville, May 04, 2016

• Pluto’s Interaction with the Solar Wind is Unique, Study Finds
  B. Keeter, New Horizons, May 04, 2016

• Multitasking New Horizons Observed Solar Wind Changes on Journey to Pluto
  Southwest Research Institute, Apr. 05, 2016

• Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein’s Prediction
  National Science Foundation, Feb. 11, 2016

• NASA Day of Rememberance - 30 Years After Challenger
  NASA, Jan. 28, 2016

• Voyager Mission Celebrates 30 Years Since Uranus
  NASA/JPL, Jan. 22, 2016

• After Repeated Pounding, Antihydrogen Reveals Its Charge: Zero
  R. Sanders, Berkeley News, Jan. 20, 2016

• NASA’s Van Allen Probes Revolutionize View of Radiation Belts
  S. Frazier, NASA/GSFC, Jan. 19, 2016

• Solar Storms may Have Stripped Early Mars of its Atmosphere
  J. Bontemps, Astrobiology Magazine, Nov. 07, 2015

• Snowing in Space?
  S. Frazier, NASA/GSFC, Oct. 30, 2015

• New Clues to Mysterious Hiss in Earth’s Plasmasphere
  M. Zastrow, EOS Earth and Space Science News, Oct. 26, 2015

• NASA’s IBEX Spacecraft Sets “Gold Standard” for Understanding the Galactic Material Surrounding our Solar System
  Southwest Research Institute, Oct. 20, 2015

• Blast Waves in the Suns Atmosphere
  Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Oct. 13, 2015
  Unique observational geometry of two solar probes uncovers new solar phenomenon: large-scale waves accompanied by particles emissions rich in He-3.

• VLA Reveals Spectacular “Halos” of Spiral Galaxies
  National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Oct. 13, 2015

• How Neutrinos Saved Your Teeth from Cavities
  K. Croswell, Science, Sep. 11, 2015

• NASA Cites the Return of the STEREO-A Spacecraft
  S. Frazier, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 16, 2015

• New Horizons Sampling “Space Weather” on Approach to Pluto
  New Horizons News Center, Mar. 27, 2015

• Fierce “Superflares” from the Sun Zapped an Infant Earth
  A. Hadhazy, Astrobiology Magazine, Mar. 02, 2015

• Complex Life May Be Possible in Only 10% of All Galaxies
  A. Cho, Science News, Nov. 24, 2014

• CME Week: Mapping the Journey of a Giant Coronal Mass Ejection
  K. C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Sep. 24, 2014

• CME Week: Coronal Mass Ejections at Mars
  K. C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Sep. 23, 2014

• Turning the Moon into a Cosmic Ray Detector
  University of Southampton, Sep. 26, 2014

• More Than Meets the Eye: NASA Scientists Listen to Data
  K. Patel, NASA/GSFC, Sep. 04, 2014

• Glow in Space is Evidence of a Hot Bubble in Our Galaxy
  University of Miami, Jul. 27, 2014

• Near Miss: The Solar Superstorm of July 2012
  Phillips T., NASA Science News, Jul. 23, 2014

• Voyager Spacecraft Might Not Have Reached Interstellar Space
  AGU, Jun. 23, 2014

• International Collaboration Replicates Amplification of Cosmic Magnetic Fields
  S. Koppes, UChicago News, Jun. 02, 2014

• NASA Signs Agreement with Citizen Scientists Attempting to Communicate with Old Spacecraft
  NASA/AMES, May 21, 2014

• Looking for Original ISEE-3 Telemetry Tapes
  K. Cowing, NASA Watch, Apr. 16, 2014

• Global Anisotropies in TeV Cosmic Rays Related to the Sun’s Local Galactic Environment from IBEX
  N. A. Schwadron et al., Science Express, Feb. 13, 2014
  IBEX determinations of local interstellar velocity are consistent with interstellar modulation of high energy (TeV) cosmic rays.

• Calculated Risks: How Radiation Rules Mars Exploration
  S. E. Gifford, Astrobiology Magazine, Feb. 13, 2014

• Ultra-fast Electrons Explain Third Radiation Ring Around Earth
  K. C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Sep. 23, 2013

• NASA TV Press Conference for Voyager 1 Entering into Interstellar Space (link to YouTube video)
  NASA/HQ, Sep. 12, 2013

• Voyager enters interstellar space
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Sep. 12, 2013

• NASA Voyager Statement about Competing Models to Explain Recent Spacecraft Data
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Aug. 15, 2013

• NASA’s IBEX Provides First View of the Solar System’s Tail
  K. C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 10, 2013

• NASA’s Voyager 1 Explores Final Frontier of our ‘Solar Bubble’
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Jun. 27, 2013

• SwRI-led Team Calculates the Radiation Exposure Associated With a Trip to Mars
  D. Schmid, Southwest Research Institute, May 30, 2013

• Synopsis: A Crackling in the Air
  American Physical Society, May 02, 2013

• First Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) Experiment
  AMS Collaboration, Geneva, Switzerland, Apr. 03, 2013

• Proof: Cosmic Rays Come from Exploding Stars
  SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Feb. 14, 2013

• New “retention model” explains enigmatic ribbon at edge of solar system
  Southwest Research Institute, Feb. 05, 2013

• NASA Super-Tiger Balloon Shatters Flight Record
  Wallops Flight Facility, NASA/GSFC, Jan. 28, 2013

• NASA Voyager 1 Encounters New Region in Deep Space
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Dec. 03, 2012

• NASA Rover Providing New Weather And Radiation Data About Mars
  G. Webster, NASA/JPL, Nov. 15, 2012

• UNH Scientists Provide Window on Space Radiation Hazards
  D. Sims, University of New Hampshire, Oct. 15, 2012

• Solar Modulation of Cosmic-Ray Element Spectra at 1 AU
  M. Wiedenbeck, K. Lave, and A. Davis, ACE News #155, Sep. 13, 2012

• Moonlight Drive
  Editorial, Nature, Vol. 489, p. 6, Sep. 6, 2012
  Voyager 2 became the longest operating spacecraft on Aug. 6, 2012, overtaking the previous record of Pioneer 6. Voyager 1 reached this milestone two weeks later but is already the farthest operational spacecraft from the Sun.

• Voyager’s long goodbye. NASA probes find surprises at the edge of the Solar System.
  R. Cowen, Nature News, Sep. 5, 2012

• Crossing the Bar - Memorial to Frank McDonald, Aug. 31, 2012

• Celebrating 15 years of ACE in Space
  R. Mewaldt, C. Smith, M. Wiedenbeck, R. Skoug, and I. Richardson, ACE News #154, Aug. 25, 2012

• New Report Presents Research Program for Solar and Space Physics Over the Next Decade
  News from the National Academies, Aug. 15, 2012

• Signs Changing Fast for Voyager at Solar System Edge
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Aug. 03, 2012

• Study Finds Heat is Source of ‘Pioneer Anomaly’
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Jul. 17, 2012

• Data from NASA’s Voyager 1 Point to Interstellar Future
  D.C. Agle, NASA/JPL, Jun. 14, 2012

• Dragon Splashdown Marks End of Landmark Flight
  S. Siceloff, NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, May 31, 2012
  The VEPO dragons Andy and Duffy congratulate SpaceX’s Dragon on completion of this successful and historic mission. Time to party, as only dragons can. There will be fire.

• SAMPEX to Reenter Atmosphere: Twenty-Year Mission Will End
  D. N. Baker, J. E. Mazur, and G. M. Mason, Space Weather, May 26, 2012

• IBEX Reveals a Missing Boundary At the Edge Of the Solar System
  K. C. Fox, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, May 10, 2012

• Where Do the Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays Come from? Probably Not from Gamma-Ray Bursts
  P. Preuss, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Apr. 18, 2012

• SciTechTalk: Rembering a space ‘Pioneer’
  J. Algar, UPI, Washington DC, Mar. 11, 2012

• Russia Blames Mars Probe Failure on Space Radiation
  A. de Carbonnel, Reuters, Jan. 31, 2012

• SwRI-led RAD Measures Radiation from Solar Storm
  Southwest Research Institute, Jan. 27, 2012

• NASA Mars-Bound Rover Begins Research in Space
  NASA JPL, Dec. 13, 2011

• NASA’s Voyager Hits New Region at Solar System Edge
  NASA JPL, Dec. 5, 2011

• Cosmic Particle Accelerators Get Things Going
  European Space Agency, Nov. 16, 2011

• Cloud Formation May be Linked to Cosmic Rays
  Brumfiel G., NatureNews, Aug. 24, 2011

• Closing in on the Famous Pioneer Anomaly
  Staff, Space Daily, Jul. 25, 2011

• New Orbit for IBEX
  SRI/IBEX, Jun. 24, 2011

• Recalculating the Distance to Interstellar Space
  NASA JPL, Jun. 15, 2011

• Voyagers Ride ‘Magnetic Bubbles’
  Jonathan Amos, BBC News Science and Environment, Jun. 9, 2011

• A Big Surprise from the Edge of the Solar System
  NASA, Jun. 9, 2011

• A New Frontier in Quest to Understand the Cosmos
  Kurt Streeter, Los Angeles Times, Apr. 14, 2011

• Will Space Travel Break Our Hearts?
  University of Alabama at Birmingham Press Release,
  Astrobiology Magazine, Apr. 10, 2011

• Mysterious Ribbon of Energy and Particles Isolated
  Staff Writers, Apr. 01, 2011

• Kuiper Belt of Many Colors
  K. C. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Oct. 27, 2010

• Cosmic Rays Hit 50-Year High
  Space.com Staff, Sep. 29, 2009

• In search of Interstellar Dragon Fire
  Bill Steigerwald, Aug. 17, 2007

• The Pioneer Missions
  NASA, Mar. 26, 2007