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The dark patches, known as coronal holes, are regions where solar wind escapes more quickly and readily into space. Geomagnetic storms can disrupt GPS and hurt the power grid.

Jupiter will be some 367 million miles from Earth on Monday, the closest it's been since 1963. It coincides with Jupiter being on the opposite side of Earth from the sun — when it'll be its brightest.

Ten years ago, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover successfully commenced its mission to explore the possibility of life on Mars. Here's what it has discovered.

NASA began "sonifying" its famous photos of outer space to help people who are visually impaired enjoy the images. Recently, it recreated the sound of a black hole 240 million light-years away.

The world's largest and most powerful space telescope has blasted off on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies.

A NASA spacecraft named Lucy has rocketed into the sky with diamonds on a 12-year quest to explore a record-setting eight asteroids.

The space agency and its spacesuit contractor were in rugged Central Oregon this summer, just as they were when they tested the suits designed for Apollo astronauts in the 1960s.

“Oregon’s Moon Country” Premieres December 16 on OPB TV and Online

Watch the NASA documentary of the event, see how Oregon reacted via our social map, or read NPR's blog from reporters who covered the eclipse live.

Forecasters say as many as 200 shooting stars per hour could be visible in Earth's atmosphere during peak hours early Friday morning. Here's your guide to catching this cosmic wonder.er.