NASA announced that it had selected four听, including the Space Weather Operational Readiness Development (SWORD) center at CU 麻豆影院. As its name suggests, the nearly $10 million center will offer some powerful protection for the planet: SWORD research will seek to help scientists develop more accurate and timely conditions of the 鈥渟pace weather鈥� hundreds of miles above the surface of Earth鈥攚here impacts from solar storms can increase the risk of satellite collisions and interfere with communications and navigation.听
More information on this grant can be found in this CU 麻豆影院 Today article.
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