Current and future missions will reveal how the edge of the sun's influence interacts with the greater universe. Others study how objects in the solar system--such as comets--are affected by the sun.
Still more study how the Earth's magnetic field reacts to the sun's activity.
But the most important result of NASA's heliophysics research is how it applies to our daily lives.
Satellite and ground communications, aircraft navigation systems, and power grids can all be affected by solar activity, and predicting it allows us to take precautions to protect our infrastructure.
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