Booked and busy! This year, we launched six (6!) new missions to study the Sun, its atmosphere, and its effects on the rest of the solar system. | NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

When the Sun erupts three times in 48 hours, Earth feels it ☀️ In November 2025, our star unleashed a rapid sequence of solar outbursts that swept across space and triggered a severe geomagnetic storm here on Earth. Scientists detected radio blackouts lasting up to an hour, rare high-energy particles breaking through our magnetic shield, and stunning auroras far from the poles. Even so, the storm caused minimal disruption on the ground, and our missions - from low-Earth orbit to deep space - rec