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NASA Schedules Trio of Rocket Launches to Study Eclipse Effects on Atmosphere
Apr 05, 2024 (SPX)
The visibility of these launches stretches across the mid-Atlantic, with safety reminders to utilize solar glasses for eclipse observation. The eclipse at Wallo...
Lapland Trees Offer Clues to Historic Solar Storm Impact
Apr 05, 2024 (SPX)
The Carrington Event, known for its extensive disruptions including fires at telegraph stations and unusual auroras, has been a point of reference for understan...
Artificial Eclipses on Demand: ESA's Proba-3 Breakthrough
Apr 04, 2024 (SPX)
Proba-3's Occulter spacecraft will fly around 150 m away from the second Coronagraph spacecraft, shown to media today at the Redwire Space facility in Kruibeke,...
US prisoners sue to see April 8 solar eclipse
Apr 03, 2024 (AFP)
The inmates argued in a court filing that their right to religious freedom would be violated if the New York state prison service upheld a planned penitentiary ...
Solar Orbiter ready for emergency scenarios amidst close encounter with Sol
Apr 02, 2024 (SPX)
Daniel Lakey, a flight controller at ESA's ESOC mission control center, outlines the dire circumstances that could arise if the Solar Orbiter encounters onboard...
Totality ready: US braces for April 8 solar eclipse frenzy
Apr 02, 2024 (AFP)
Near the US-Canada border in Burlington, Vermont, which is set to experience the totality just before 3:30 pm (1930 GMT), many hotels have been sold out for mon...
NASA and ESA Spacecraft Conduct Unprecedented Solar Wind Study
Apr 01, 2024 (SPX)
As both spacecraft are in the closest phase of their highly elliptical orbits around the Sun, known as perihelion, they will, for the first time, align at right...
NASA's Open Data Approach to Solar Eclipse Research
Apr 01, 2024 (SPX)
During a total solar eclipse the normal rhythms of Earth are briefly disrupted, providing an unusual opportunity for scientists to study the atmosphere of our s...
Solar probe captures turbulence phenomenon in Sun's atmosphere for the first time
Mar 28, 2024 (SPX)
Utilizing the PSP's unique proximity to the Sun, the NRL-designed WISPR telescope, managed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL), ...
Long-Period Oscillations of Sun offer new insights
Mar 28, 2024 (SPX)
Recent advancements from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) have provided significant insights into this puzzle. Researchers utilized data...
Global Initiative by Astronomers Without Borders to Recycle Eclipse Glasses
Mar 27, 2024 (SPX)
Partnering with an array of grassroots organizations, including libraries, schools, museums, city governments, and commercial businesses, AWB is rapidly establi...
ESA's SMOS and Swarm Satellites Uncover the Magnitude of a Solar Storm's Impact on Earth
Mar 27, 2024 (SPX)
Solar weather phenomena, including electromagnetic radiation and particles such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), have always held a place of f...
New UAF lidar will add to space weather research capability
Mar 14, 2024 (SPX)
The new laser radar, or lidar, will be the third for the UAF Geophysical Institute. It will measure temperature and neutrally charged iron in the upper atmosphe...
Chinese scientists push for Solar Polar Orbiter
Mar 14, 2024 (SPX)
Yang, a senior researcher at the China Academy of Space Technology and a respected member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, emphasized the critical role of th...
Researchers Reveal Anomalous Heating in the Sun's Upper Atmosphere
Mar 11, 2024 (SPX)
The enigma of the corona's anomalous heating stands as one of the eight challenges in modern astronomy. Similarly, the anomalous heating of the chromosphere con...
Multiple Spacecraft Tell the Story of One Giant Solar Storm
Mar 05, 2024 (SPX)
In fact, it was the first time such high-speed protons and electrons - called solar energetic particles (SEPs) - were observed by spacecraft at five different, ...
Gaps preventing accurate predictions of solar flare impacts on Earth
Feb 29, 2024 (SPX)
University of Michigan experts on space weather and solar physics are available to discuss how well the impacts of such flares on Earth can be predicted and wha...
SunSketcher Project Calls for Volunteers to Chart the Sun's True Shape During 2024 Eclipse
Feb 22, 2024 (SPX)
Contrary to the common perception of the Sun as a perfect sphere, its actual shape holds subtle deviations that offer profound insights into its internal workin...
Solar Orbiter Captures Intense Activity as Sun Approaches Cycle Peak
Feb 15, 2024 (SPX)
The solar cycle, an approximately 11-year periodic fluctuation in the Sun's magnetic activity, is driven by the solar dynamo mechanism responsible for generatin...
Sense the Solar Eclipse with NASA's Eclipse Soundscapes Project
Feb 13, 2024 (SPX)
Reports of these atypical animal behaviors date back centuries, but the effects of an eclipse on plant and animal life are not fully understood. So, on April 8,...
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