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Superflare Observations Solve Long-Standing Iron Line Mystery in Stellar Physics
Apr 27, 2026 (SPX)
Two competing mechanisms have been proposed by astronomers. The first is photoionization, in which X-ray photons emitted by hot flare plasma eject the iron elec...
Sound Waves Inside The Sun Now Reveal Magnetic Secrets On Its Hidden Far Side
Apr 25, 2026 (SPX)
A quarter of a century ago, scientists devised a way to detect these invisible threats before they rotate into view. Using a technique known as helioseismology,...
New Simulations Reveal How the Sun Keeps Its Giant Plasma Structures Alive
Apr 23, 2026 (SPX)
Prominences can remain stable for weeks or even months, yet they also carry explosive potential. If they do not fade away quietly, they culminate in massive eru...
Total Solar Eclipse Brought Seismic Silence to Cities in the Path of Totality
Apr 17, 2026 (SPX)
Johns Hopkins University seismologist and planetary scientist Benjamin Fernando was in an Ohio city when the eclipse occurred. "I noticed that all of a sudden e...
Proba-3 First Science Results Show Slow Solar Wind Moving Three to Four Times Faster Than Expected
Apr 17, 2026 (SPX)
Since becoming operational in July 2025, the pair of Proba-3 satellites has created 57 artificial solar eclipses and collected more than 250 hours of high-resol...
Webb maps Uranus upper atmosphere in 3D
Feb 23, 2026 (SPX)
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, operated by NASA with ESA and CSA, lead author Paola Tiranti and colleagues observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation and...
AI-driven solar model aims to extend space weather warnings
Feb 23, 2026 (SPX)
The work targets a longstanding heliophysics challenge: anticipating where and when large, flare-producing active regions will emerge on the Sun. According to S...
Alfven waves drive stable electric fields that power auroras
Feb 08, 2026 (SPX)
A new study led by researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) identifies Alfven waves as the engine b...
Thunderstorm, not eclipse, drove tree signal spike in Dolomites
Feb 08, 2026 (SPX)
In a widely publicized study, Chiolerio and colleagues had reported that the trees appeared to "anticipate" the approaching eclipse, interpreting their bioelect...
NASAs IMAP Begins Primary Science Mission
Feb 03, 2026 (SPX)
The mission, which launched on Sept. 24, 2025, relies on 10 scientific instruments to chart a comprehensive picture of what is roiling in space, from high-energ...
Solar Orbiter spots magnetic avalanches driving major solar flare
Jan 26, 2026 (SPX)
During a close approach to the Sun on 30 September 2024, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft captured one of its most detailed views yet of a large solar flare...
Century-old solar records refine future cycle forecasts
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
Researchers from Southwest Research Institute, the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences and the Max Planck Institute used archival Calcium K ...
Geomagnetic storm to bring northern lights to central US
Jan 19, 2026 (AFP)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warned the severe geomagnetic storm could also cause tech problems, including issues with voltage con...
Multiple spacecraft track evolving solar storm to improve space weather forecasts
Jan 14, 2026 (SPX)
A team including scientists from the University of Tokyo has now produced the first high-quality, multipoint measurements of how a cloud of solar ejecta evolves...
NJIT researchers discover long-hidden source of gamma rays unleashed by solar flares
Jan 08, 2026 (SPX)
In findings published in Nature Astronomy, scientists at NJIT's Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have pinpointed a previously unknown class of ...
Solar probes follow hyperactive sunspot region through three full rotations
Jan 06, 2026 (SPX)
Solar Orbiter circles the sun roughly every six months and can image the far side that ground- and Earth-orbiting instruments cannot see. Between April and July...
NASA's IXPE Measures White Dwarf Star for First Time
Jan 05, 2026 (SPX)
In 2024, IXPE spent nearly one week focused on EX Hydrae, a white dwarf star system located in the constellation Hydra, approximately 200 light-years from Earth...
Satellite and model fusion boosts China solar radiation forecasts
Dec 31, 2025 (SPX)
Researchers Min Chen and Liangchen Guo of the Institute of Urban Meteorology at the China Meteorological Administration have built a 0-6 hour ultra-short-term g...
Proba-3 mission closes gap in inner solar corona monitoring
Dec 19, 2025 (SPX)
Launched in December 2024, the paired spacecraft quickly notched two milestones: the first precise formation flight in space and, building on that achievement, ...
Ionospheric gradients tracked in real time to sharpen space weather monitoring
Dec 17, 2025 (SPX)
The ionosphere is shaped by solar radiation, geomagnetic activity, and atmospheric processes, and its changing state can disrupt satellite navigation and radio ...
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