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Geotimes August 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Todd Hoeksema: A Flare for All Things Solar The researcher at the Wilcox Solar Observatory at Stanford University in California helped NASA create a new "roadmap" for future solar physics research.
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National Defense October 2010 Eric Beidel	Satellite System Rides the Solar Wind A new system for observing space weather is bringing scientists closer to making accurate forecasts for conditions beyond Earth's atmosphere.
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 John Kappenman	A Perfect Storm of Planetary Proportions The approach of the solar maximum is an urgent reminder that power grids everywhere are more vulnerable than ever to geomagnetic effects
Geotimes January 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Saturn Surprises with Southern Storm Earth, Jupiter and Venus have all been observed to support giant, rotating storm masses. Now, astronomers have found that Saturn, too, boasts a hurricane-like structure at its south pole.
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Saswato R. Das	Military Experiments Target the Van Allen Belts The US armed forces will test whether RF injections into the ionosphere could halt geomagnetic storms.
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 Saswato R. Das	Killer Electrons From Outer Space Accurate space-weather forecasts could come from knowing the cause of super-fast electrons in the Van Allen belts.
Geotimes September 2004 Sara Pratt	Solar Storms Strip Water Off Mars For the first time, scientists have observed a solar superstorm with an array of spacecraft scattered throughout the solar system providing data that may help to explain the disappearance of water from Mars.
Geotimes October 2005 Kathryn Hansen	New Flare for Space Weather Prediction Solar flares are not uncommon, and the potential devastation to earth-bound technology and to astronauts is driving researchers to improve existing prediction capabilities.
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National Defense January 2015 Stew Magnuson	Earth Needs More Robust Early Warning Space Weather Systems The challenge for the space community is making lawmakers who hold the purse strings understand the importance of space weather forecast, and the impact that events can have on modern technology.
Geotimes August 2004 Naomi Lubick	Slow Boat to a Small Planet For the first time in more than three decades, scientists are going to get a close-up view of Mercury, Earth's smallest neighbor and the rocky planet closest to the sun.
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Scientific American July 2005 Mark Alpert	Feeling the Pinch Voyager 1, now speeding out of the solar system after 28 years in space, is one of the NASA missions facing budget cuts, even though the craft is reporting remarkable discoveries.
Popular Mechanics March 2007 Jennifer Bogo	NASA Mission Statement Q&A: Eyes on Earth Interview with a professor involved in a study to find out how Earth scientists view NASA's shifting priorities and how it may affect the study of the planet.
Fast Company April 2010 Damian Joseph	What's Next: Solar Flares In February, NASA launched a satellite to measure solar activity. The goal: to one day predict the solar system's weather.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Mason Peck	Exploring Space with Chip-sized Satellites The future of space exploration will include swarms of tiny spacecraft.
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National Defense November 2011 Dan Parsons	Solar Storms Could Plunge Nation into Darkness Researchers are racing to understand the effects its energy might have on the U.S power grids in hopes that potential cataclysm can be avoided.
Geotimes May 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Sunspot Outlook 2012 The future of the sun appears spotty, according to some solar scientists. By incorporating physical observations of the sun into a model, some scientists predict that the sun will boast more sunspots during its next cycle than previous estimates anticipated.
Popular Mechanics May 27, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Phoenix Lander Doesn't Crash, Snaps Pix of Mars (With Gallery!) NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successfully touched down on Sunday night in an unexplored region near the Martian north pole.
PC Magazine October 24, 2003 Cade Metz	Solar Flare Could Disrupt Technology As it moves towards earth from the sun, a geomagnetic storm has already interfered with airline communications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2008	In Brief Contract news from Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, BAE Systems and NASA Polar satellite ends service after 12 years
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Geotimes May 2004 Sara Pratt	Deciphering Planetary Magnetism Neptune and Uranus both have unusual magnetic fields that tilt at a 60-degree angle toward their equators. Scientists are now able to model the processes that shape the planets' magnetism.
IEEE Spectrum December 2012 Toth & Turyshev	Finding the Source of the Pioneer Anomaly Thirty years ago, the first spacecraft sent to explore the outer solar system started slowing unexpectedly. Now we finally know what happened
Geotimes June 2005 Naomi Lubick	Seeing Earthquakes From Space A small instrument aboard the International Space Station can be used to look for disturbances in the Earth's magnetic field that may precede large earthquakes.
Wired January 2001 Ed Regis	Zip Drive NASA scientists are building a hot little ride: Vasimr, a rocket that runs on million-degree plasma and could someday fuel a fast-track trip to Mars...
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	NASA's New Spacecraft Will Touch The Sun Scientists at NASA and Johns Hopkins University are working on a space probe that will literally touch the surface of the sun.
Popular Mechanics September 24, 2008 Andrew Moseman	Weaker Solar Wind Won't Slow Global Warming, May Threaten Astronauts If a spacecraft keeps chugging along for long enough, eventually it may find something startling.
Geotimes December 2004	A Saturnian One-Two Punch: Flybys of Titan and Dione On Monday, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft flew by Titan only 1,200 kilometers above the moon's surface. It was the second such flyby of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, since the spacecraft began orbiting Saturn on June 30.
Chemistry World July 28, 2015 Matthew Gunther	New Horizons sees red over Pluto's atmosphere Pluto's glowering red atmosphere may be harboring a complex concoction of hydrocarbons, according to the latest images from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John Rhea	Money for space Space exploration is becoming politically fashionable again, and advanced technology firms would be well advised to get on board while the getting is good.
IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Sandra Upson	U.S. Earth-Sensing Satellites Left Out In the Cold The degree of precision needed to forecast hurricanes, and the future accuracy of climate modeling as well, may be in danger if recent trends in Earth-observing satellite programs persist.
Chemistry World September 30, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Messenger Sheds Light on Mercury's Formation NASA's Messenger spacecraft is bringing new understanding to the question of how Mercury formed. The new information looks set to rewrite theories about the birth of the solar system's smallest planet.
BusinessWeek November 20, 2008	Vulnerable Computers NASA's networks and Web sites, built to be accessible to contractors, have suffered numerous intrusions.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Catastrophic Solar Flare Scenario Touches Off Stormy Debate Energy from solar flares can harm electrical grids on Earth, but a new study says the sun probably won't plunge the United States into the Dark Ages, as some theorists have said.
Popular Mechanics November 19, 2009 Stephen Ornes	This Is Not Your Grade School Solar System: Gallery What has changed in solar system imagery over the past few decades and what we can learn from it
Geotimes July 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Ship Logs Record Earth's Magnetism New information gleaned from old ships' logs is now leading to a better understanding of the magnetic field's past strength, which is turning out to be more erratic than some scientists previously thought.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Bleier & Freund	Earthquake Alarm Impending earthquakes have been sending us warning signals -- and people are finally starting to listen.
Science News August 19, 2000	Earth Views The "Global View of the Earth" Web site offers lesson plans and other material for middle school teachers interested in classroom use of images taken by NASA's Landsat-7 satellite.
Geotimes January 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Stardust Landing a Smashing Success Seven years after its launch, NASA's Stardust spacecraft concluded its 4.6-billion-kilometer roundtrip journey to fly through the tail of a comet and collect dust samples, which astronomers hope will offer insight about the formation of our solar system.
Wired December 2004 Brendan I. Koerner	NASA's Germbuster A cell biologist at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, Noonan chairs this committee charged with keeping future spacecraft from contaminating distant worlds and vice-versa.