NASA selects mission to study causes of giant solar particle storms
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)

NASA has selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms-known as solar particle storms-into planetary space. Not only will such information improve understanding of how our solar system works, but it ultimately can help protect astronauts traveling to the Moon and Mars by providing better information on how the Sun`s radiation affects the space environment they must travel through.