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Help NASA prepare for the next solar storm disaster

Andrew Paul

created: Feb. 20, 2026, 4:17 p.m. | updated: Feb. 23, 2026, 1:20 a.m.

Right now, they could really use your help protecting Earth against waves of punishing, disruptive solar winds. But even with the magnetosphere, solar winds regularly make their presence known—and occasionally make a mess of things. That’s where the MMS Space Umbrella project comes into play. The Space Umbrella site includes an active forum for collaboration, regular news updates, and special events. Even with nearly 600,000 logged classifications, the Space Umbrella project is estimated to only be about 40 percent complete—so get to it, solar sleuths.

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