%0 Book %A National Research Council %T The Sun to the Earth -- and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics %@ 978-0-309-08509-0 %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10477/the-sun-to-the-earth-and-beyond-a-decadal-research %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10477/the-sun-to-the-earth-and-beyond-a-decadal-research %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Space and Aeronautics %P 196 %X The sun is the source of energy for life on earth and is the strongest modulator of the human physical environment. In fact, the Sun’s influence extends throughout the solar system, both through photons, which provide heat, light, and ionization, and through the continuous outflow of a magnetized, supersonic ionized gas known as the solar wind. While the accomplishments of the past decade have answered important questions about the physics of the Sun, the interplanetary medium, and the space environments of Earth and other solar system bodies, they have also highlighted other questions, some of which are long-standing and fundamental. The Sun to the Earth—and Beyond organizes these questions in terms of five challenges that are expected to be the focus of scientific investigations in solar and space physics during the coming decade and beyond. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T The Sun to the Earth – and Beyond: Panel Reports %@ 978-0-309-08972-2 %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10860/the-sun-to-the-earth-and-beyond-panel-reports %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10860/the-sun-to-the-earth-and-beyond-panel-reports %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Space and Aeronautics %P 262 %X This volume, The Sun to the Earth-and Beyond: Panel Reports, is a compilation of the reports from five National Research Council (NRC) panels convened as part of a survey in solar and space physics for the period 2003-2013. The NRC's Space Studies Board and its Committee on Solar and Space Physics organized the study. Overall direction for the survey was provided by the Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee, whose report, The Sun to the Earth-and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics, was delivered to the study sponsors in prepublication format in August 2002. The final version of that report was published in June 2003. The panel reports provide both a detailed rationale for the survey committee's recommendations and an expansive view of the numerous opportunities that exist for a robust program of exploration in solar and space physics.