Starstruck: NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth

Space missions matter less for the spectacle and more for what they enable: experiments, data, and research that can’t be done on Earth.

Reporting

NASA Science reports that Starstruck: NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth. At the center of our solar system, the Sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncovered how ancient events in the Sun’s history may have helped create Earth’s unique climate and driven previously unexplained climatic shifts. In new research, scientists at NASA’s SHIELD (Solar Wind with Hydrogen Ion charge… The key issue is what the mission or observation makes possible next: better data, stronger hardware, new experiments, or clearer science.

The Details

• NASA Science: Starstruck: NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth
• At the center of our solar system, the Sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncovered how ancient events in the Sun’s history may have

Next Developments

• scientific results from the mission
• follow-up research publications
• practical applications on Earth