Space Environment Center continually monitors and forecasts Earth's space environment; provides accurate, reliable, and useful solar-terrestrial information; conducts and leads research and development programs to understand the environment and to improve services; advises policy makers and planners; plays a leadership role in the space weather community; and fosters a space weather services industry. Space Environment Center is the Nation's official source of space weather alerts and warnings.
Chandra sees brightest supernova ever The brightest stellar explosion ever recorded may be a long-sought new type of supernova, according to observations by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes. This discovery indicates that violent explosions of extremely massive stars were relatively common in the early universe, and that a similar explosion may be ready to go off in our own Galaxy.
The Chandra Mission NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. Chandra is designed to observe X-rays from high-energy regions of the universe, such as the remnants of exploded stars.
Space Weather Center: the sun, plasmas, aurora, and storms in space. The story of space weather effects. From the plasma state of matter and the Sun, to forecasting auroras and storms in Earth’s magnetic field.
The British National Space Centre (BNSC) partnership is at the heart of UK efforts to explore and benefit from space. This site explains what we do and how it affects you.