Heliophysics and Planetary Science Branch
The Heliophysics and Planetary Science Branch studies the coupled Sun-Earth system and the terrestrial planets and icy satellites of our solar system. Our heliophysics portfolio includes instrumentation development, sounding rocket flight, and research focusing on energy transfer across physical scales throughout the solar atmosphere. Our planetary science portfolio includes research on the origin, composition, and evolution of terrestrial planetary bodies, focusing on geological, geophysical, and related models, experiments, and observations conducted in the field, laboratory, and via analysis of remotely sensed data from space-based missions.
The inaugural NASA Sounding Rocket Symposium, bringing together scientists, engineers, and technologists both currently working on sounding rockets (as well as those eager to get involved), was held 8/17-19/22 at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The hybrid symposium …
Alphonse Sterling (ST13) is co-author on a paper appearing in The Astrophysical Journal entitled: “Bipolar Ephemeral Active Regions, Magnetic Flux Cancellation, and Solar Magnetic Explosions.” This paper is led by Dr. Ronald Moore of UAH and is available at https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ApJ…933…12M/abstract. …
Multiple Solar Papers Published and White Papers Submitted Read More »
Marshall scientists supported the International Observe the Moon Night (IOMN at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center on October 8. 2022. A table for Ask the Scientists was set up for easy interaction with patrons of the event. Mitzi Adams …
The 15th Hinode science meeting was held in Prague, Czech Republic. Sabrina Savage and Adam Kobelski (ST13) participated in person and several additional ST13 members were co-authors on invited talks and posters. Additionally, Sabrina Savage was a member of the …
Participation at the 15th Hinode Science Meeting Read More »
Alphonse Sterling (ST13) was interviewed for a story on the Jupiter Opposition, a link for which has appeared on the NPR main page (9/26/2022), https://www.npr.org/. This September the gas giant Jupiter came the closest it has come to Earth in …
Alphonse Sterling Interviewed on NPR about the Jupiter Opposition Read More »