Our best defense against space weather has been offline for weeks
(World News Science)

DISCOVR`s EPIC camera took this shot of Earth in 2015. (NASA/) The Deep Space Climate Observatory-DSCOVR for short-is an underrated gem in Earth`s orbit. This satellite, a joint effort between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is basically the most powerful tool we have for monitoring space weather. In addition to keeping tabs on the solar wind and ultra-energized particles that the sun spits out every now and then, it also captures some of the best images we have of Earth with the aptly-named...