SOLAR SCIENCE

News About Solar Technology

1,340 articles

NASA sounding rocket to study the origin of slow solar winds
Mar 07, 2022 (SPX)
Just as winds on Earth vary, the solar winds departing the Sun travel at different velocities - from a mere 700,000 mph, called slow solar winds, to the fast wi...
A solar illusion: Coronal loops may not be what they seem
Mar 03, 2022 (SPX)
The research, led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and published in The Astrophysical Journal, relied on a cutting-edge, realistic 3D simu...
How solar storms can destroy satellites with ease
Mar 03, 2022 (The Conversation)
Geomagnetic storms occur when space weather hits and interacts with the Earth. Space weather is caused by fluctuations within the Sun that blast electrons, prot...
Deep neural network to find hidden turbulent motion on the Sun
Feb 28, 2022 (SPX)
The Sun is important to the Sustainable Development Goal of Affordable and Clean Energy, both as the source of solar power and as a natural example of fusion en...
NASA rocket team to chase pulsating aurora
Feb 23, 2022 (SPX)
The aurora borealis, or northern lights, is a familiar treat to those who call northern latitudes home. Auroras come in different shapes and colors, waving thei...
NASA's MinXSS instrument CubeSat launches to study sun's flares
Feb 16, 2022 (SPX)
The Sun sometimes releases flares, which are energetic bursts of light and particles triggered by the release of magnetic energy on the Sun that travel across t...
New Sun Missions to Help NASA Better Understand Earth-Sun Environment
Feb 11, 2022 (SPX)
"MUSE and HelioSwarm will provide new and deeper insight into the solar atmosphere and space weather," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for scienc...
Introducing ESA Vigil: Earth's devoted solar defender
Feb 11, 2022 (ESA)
Once known as "Lagrange," ESA's upcoming space weather mission needed a new name that would reflect its vital role: helping to protect Earth's infrastructure, s...
Air Force awards contract for spaceborne weather data
Feb 08, 2022 (SPX)
"Global environmental data is essential to effective mission planning and execution of air and ground operations," said John Dreher, materiel leader, Weather Sy...
China's solar research to get boost from satellite
Feb 02, 2022 (XNA)
Zhao Jian, head of the China National Space Administration's Earth Observation System and Data Center, said at a news conference in Beijing on Friday that the s...
Understanding how efficient solar flares release their energy
Jan 28, 2022 (SPX)
Solar flares, which are triggered when magnetic field lines break and reconnect above the Sun's surface - referred to as magnetic reconnection - can release a l...
Ancient ice reveals mysterious solar storm
Jan 27, 2022 (SPX)
The sun is a prerequisite for all life on Earth. But our life-giving companion can also cause problems. When there is strong activity on the surface of the sun,...
The Proba-3 program takes an important step in the integration of its two satellites
Jan 19, 2022 (SPX)
In the future, spacecraft formation flying technology will be used to replace bulky structures (such as telescopes) with small independent platforms, which are ...
New research may help scientists unravel the physics of the solar wind
Jan 18, 2022 (SPX)
The paper is published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, a scientific journal from the American Astronomical Society (AAS) that publishes high-impact astrophysi...
North Pole solar eclipse excited auroras on the other side of the world
Jan 13, 2022 (SPX)
On 10 June 2021, the moon's shadow darkened much of the Earth's northern polar region, providing scientists with an unprecedented opportunity to explore the imp...
Parker Solar Probe data bolsters theories in long-running solar riddle
Dec 15, 2021 (SPX)
Two years ago, U-M engineers predicted when the probe would pass a constantly moving, invisible barrier in the sun's upper atmosphere called the Alfven point. T...
NASA's Parker Space Probe becomes 1st spacecraft to 'touch' the sun
Dec 15, 2021 (UPI)
NASA said the probe flew through the sun's upper atmosphere, the corona, and took some particle samples. The agency called it a "monumental" moment and a "giant...
NASA enters the Solar atmosphere for the first time
Dec 15, 2021 (SPX)
The new milestone marks one major step for Parker Solar Probe and one giant leap for solar science. Just as landing on the Moon allowed scientists to understand...
You can help scientists study the Sun
Dec 10, 2021 (SPX)
Participants will help identify bursts of plasma coming off the Sun, called solar jets, in thousands of images captured over the last 11 years by NASA's Solar D...
Study suggests Sun is likely an unaccounted source of the Earth's water
Nov 30, 2021 (SPX)
A University of Glasgow-led international team of researchers including those from Curtin's Space Science and Technology Centre (SSTC) found the solar wind, com...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.