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NASA is kicking off two missions to help understand space weather – Digital Trends

Space weather can be beautiful, like the northern lights, but it can also cause problems for electronics and people in orbit. Two new missions will investigate.

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From the International Space Stations orbit 269 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia, this nighttime photograph captures the aurora australis, or “southern lights.” Russia’s Soyuz MS-12 crew ship is in the foreground and Progress 72 resupply ship in the background.NASA
NASA has announced two new missions that will explore the phenomenon of space weather, in which particles from the sun and magnetic fields interact with the Earth’s atmosphere. The results can be beautiful — the northern…

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