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Helio and You

This article series for educators aims to engage learners of all ages with the exciting world of solar science. Our goal is to help educators inspire students by connecting informal and classroom learning to real NASA events, mission launches, and historic heliophysics milestones.

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Use these articles to inspire learners and find more resources that cultivate learning and engagement with heliophysics.

Bring NASA into Your Classroom! The articles found below are organized by their year of release, with the most recent editions to the left and older editions to the right.

Past topics offer diverse learning opportunities for students, including the application of heliophysics to Lunar missions like Artemis and Apollo and the relationship between studying comets and understanding the Sun.

Helio and you

Helio and You: April 2026

Click the link below to read the latest edition of Helio and You, entitled "The Sun, Solar Wind, and Earth as a Connected System."

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👁 An image shows a circular view of the sky, colored gold, around the Sun. A black circular disk blocks the Sun at the center, but a small yellow circle shows the size and location of the Sun within the black disk. Near the top, a bulb-shaped cloud, a coronal mass ejection, extends upward from the Sun.
The Narrow Field Imager (NFI) camera, mounted on one of the four spacecraft of NASA’s PUNCH mission, imaged a large coronal mass ejection (CME) in exquisite detail on June 3, 2025. The CME can be seen rising in the center of the image, above the blocked-out Sun.
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Articles to Enhance Your Classroom

Browse NASA's heliophysics education articles exploring the Sun, space weather, and their effects on Earth and the solar system, featuring current science topics and a list of relevant classroom and event-ready resources.

Helio and You: The Sun and Our Lives

This article explores the unique connections between heliophysics and our everyday lives. Connected to educational resources that help K-12+ teachers explain heliophysics education in simple, engaging ways for students. Published September 2025.

Helio and You: The Moon as a Laboratory

This article shows how studying the Sun can and has supported Lunar exploration. Connected to educational resources that help K-12+ teachers explain the link between Planetary Science and Heliophysics in simple, engaging ways for students. Published August 2025.

Helio and You: Two Stars in Solar Science

This article explores how the Parker Solar Probe & Solar Orbiter work together to learn about the Sun. Connected to educational resources that help K-12+ teachers explain how space missions run by different nations can work together to tell us more about the Sun in simple, engaging ways for students. Published July 2025.

Helio and You: The Sun and the Light Shows It Creates

This article uses the May 2024 solar storms as a starting point to explain how the Sun causes auroras. Connected to educational resources that help K-12+ teachers explain this part of the Earth-Sun relationship in simple, engaging ways for students. Published July 2025.

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Heliophysics Resource Database

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👁 In this animated GIF, a small portion of the Sun appears green. A bright white flash suddenly appears on the edge of the Sun.
On Nov. 4, 2003, this solar flare saturated the X-ray detectors on several Sun-observing spacecraft.
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