Living with a star: NASA and partners survey space weather science

Date:April 20, 2017

Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Summary: Storms from the sun can affect our power grids, railway systems and underground pipelines. Now scientists and engineers from NASA have assessed the state of science surrounding space weather.

This is a composite image of a coronal mass ejection as seen by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.

Credit: ESA, NASA/SOHO

NASA has long been a leader in understanding the science of space weather, including research into the potential for induced electrical currents to disrupt our power systems. Last year, NASA scientists worked with scientists and engineers from research institutions and industry during a pair of intensive week-long workshops in order to assess the state of science surrounding this type of space weather. This summary was published Jan. 30, 2017, in the journal Space Weather.