NASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Test0

• Coronagraph, Coronal Mass Ejections, Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics, Heliophysics Division, Missions, Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH), SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, The Sun
• August 4, 2026

Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an initial proof of concept test. The results, presented Tuesday at the Committee on Space Research Scientific Meeting and under review at the journal Space Weather, could