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Fengyun 3E weather satellite captures first images of sun
Sep 03, 2021 (XNA)
The Fengyun 3E weather satellite has captured its first test pictures of the sun, offering improved assistance in predicting solar activities and their impact o...
Researchers from IRSOL and IAC solve twenty-year-old paradox in solar physics
Aug 20, 2021 (SPX)
Today, researchers at the Istituto Ricerche Solari (IRSOL) in Locarno-Monti (affiliated to USI Universita della Svizzera italiana), and the Instituto de Astrofi...
Fast changes between the solar seasons resolved by new sun clock
Aug 18, 2021 (SPX)
In a new study led by the University of Warwick and published in The Astrophysical Journal, scientists found that the change from solar maximum to the declining...
'Cannibal' solar burst headed for Earth could make northern lights visible in U.S.
Aug 18, 2021 (UPI)
The first "dark plasma explosion" was first seen on Sunday after erupting from a sunspot on the sun's surface at a speed of 1.3 million mph, tearing through the...
Solving solar puzzle could help save Earth from planet-wide blackouts
Aug 06, 2021 (SPX)
The Sun's internal magnetic field is directly responsible for space weather - streams of high-energy particles from the Sun that can be triggered by solar flare...
NASA launches x-ray spectrometer mission to probe mysteries of solar corona
Aug 05, 2021 (SPX)
Developers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, call the mission "MaGIXS" - short for Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer. I...
Earth's Magnetosphere: Protecting Our Planet from Harmful Space Energy
Aug 05, 2021 (JPL)
Unlike Mercury, Venus, and Mars, Earth is surrounded by an immense magnetic field called the magnetosphere. Generated by powerful, dynamic forces at the center ...
Solar storm expected to hit Earth, but likely 'weak,' forecasters say
Aug 02, 2021 (UPI)
Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center are calling for a chance of a geomagnetic storm, caused by...
Punch mission advances toward 2023 launch
Jul 28, 2021 (SPX)
"With PUNCH we will finally be able to see directly the connection between the star at the center of our solar system, and the solar wind that immerses our plan...
AI helps improve NASA's eyes on the Sun
Jul 24, 2021 (SPX)
A solar telescope has a tough job. Staring at the Sun takes a harsh toll, with a constant bombardment by a never-ending stream of solar particles and intense su...
New method predicts 'stealth' solar storms before they wreak geomagnetic havoc on Earth
Jul 21, 2021 (SPX)
This coronal mass ejection (CME) just missed the Earth because its origin on the Sun was facing away from our planet at the time. Had it hit the Earth, satellit...
Long-period oscillations of the Sun discovered
Jul 21, 2021 (SPX)
In the 1960s the Sun'ss high musical notes were discovered: The Sun rings like a bell. Millions of modes of acoustic oscillations with short periods, near 5 min...
New sunspot catalogue to improve space weather predictions
Jul 20, 2021 (SPX)
Our Sun is a big boiling ball of gas, most of which is so hot that electrons are ripped off from atoms, creating a circulating mix of charged particles, called ...
Physicists describe Sun's electric field
Jul 15, 2021 (SPX)
In a new study, physicists led by the University of Iowa report the first definitive measurements of the sun's electric field, and how the electric field intera...
Total solar eclipses shine a light on the solar wind with help from NASA's ACE Mission
Jun 16, 2021 (SPX)
From more than a decade's worth of total eclipse observations taken around the world, the team noticed that the corona maintains a fairly constant temperature, ...
Study finds lightning impacts edge of space in ways not previously observed
Jun 15, 2021 (SPX)
A team of researchers working with data collected by the Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) at the Arecibo Observatory, satellites, and lightning detectors in Puert...
The sun's clock
Jun 15, 2021 (SPX)
With new model calculations, they are proposing a comprehensive explanation of all important known sun cycles for the first time. They also reveal the longest f...
Rosetta Stone eruption on the Sun could help explain solar explosions
Jun 09, 2021 (SPX)
This explosion contained components of three different types of solar eruptions that usually occur separately - making it the first time such an event has been ...
Physicists determine how auroras are created
Jun 08, 2021 (SPX)
In a new study, a team of physicists led by University of Iowa reports definitive evidence that the most brilliant auroras are produced by powerful electromagne...
AI spots coronal holes to automate space weather
Jun 08, 2021 (SPX)
Much like our life on Earth depends on the light of the Sun, our electronic "life" depends on the activity of our closest star and its interactions with Earth's...
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