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TRACERS Heliospherics mission enters Phase B
Jun 23, 2020 (SPX)
In addition to providing mission management and science services to UI, SwRI is developing the Analyzer for Cusp Ions (ACI) instrument, which will study how the...
'Ring of fire' solar eclipse thrills skywatchers on longest day
Jun 21, 2020 (AFP)
So-called annular eclipses occur when the Moon -- passing between Earth and the Sun -- is not quite close enough to our planet to completely obscure sunlight, l...
KU Leuven researchers shed new light on solar flares
Jun 19, 2020 (SPX)
Solar flares are explosions on the surface of the Sun that release an enormous amount of energy, equivalent to a trillion 'Little Boy' atomic bombs exploding at...
XPLORE wins study for NOAA solar observatory at Lagrange point LI
Jun 18, 2020 (SPX)
Xplore Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Lisa Rich said, "We are pleased to announce NOAA has awarded Xplore a study to evaluate the feasibility of a commerc...
Parker Solar Probe teams up with space observatories for 4th solar encounter
Jun 15, 2020 (SPX)
Studying this connection - a field of science called heliophysics - is a complex task: Researchers track sudden eruptions of material, radiation, and particles ...
NASA's IBEX Charts 11 Years of Change at Boundary to Interstellar Space
Jun 12, 2020 (SPX)
This is the heliosphere, the vast bubble that is generated by the Sun's magnetic field and envelops all the planets. The borders of this cosmic bubble are not f...
Warwick researchers create 'sun clock' using 200 years of sunspot observations
Jun 11, 2020 (SPX)
The clock will help scientists to determine more precisely when the risk for solar storms is highest and help to plan the impacts of space weather on our space ...
A method has been developed to study the 'traces' of coronal mass ejections at the Sun.
Jun 11, 2020 (SPX)
Coronal mass ejections are among the most striking manifestations of solar activity. Huge plasma clouds pierced by magnetic lines are ejected from the atmospher...
Measuring speed of solar storms arriving at Earth can help predict severity
Jun 11, 2020 (UPI)
Solar storms are caused by solar phenomena called coronal mass ejections. According to a new study, published this week in the journal Space Weather, measuring ...
Astronomers unveil the magnetic field of the solar corona
Jun 05, 2020 (SPX)
The properties of the solar corona are a consequence of the Sun's complex magnetic field, which is produced in the solar interior and extends outward. A new stu...
China's Solar Ring mission
Jun 03, 2020 (SPX)
Recently, Professor Wang Yuming and his team from the University of Science and Technology of China, in collaboration with the teams from Purple Mountain Observ...
Discovery of long sought tiny explosions on the Sun
Jun 03, 2020 (SPX)
Surprisingly, on top of this sits a layer of gas, called the corona, which is at a temperature of almost 2 million degrees, over 300 times hotter than the surfa...
Sun is less active than similar stars
May 01, 2020 (SPX)
Since 1610, for example, there have been reliable records of sunspots covering the Sun; the distribution of radioactive varieties of carbon and beryllium in tre...
Switchbacks and spikes: Parker Solar Probe data consistent with 20-year-old theory
Apr 30, 2020 (SPX)
And the more information that comes in, the more it all fits with theories posited at the turn of the millennium by researchers at the University of Michigan. J...
SwRI to build Space Weather Follow-On L1 for NOAA
Apr 16, 2020 (SPX)
This is a cost-plus, fixed-fee contract with a total value of $12,862,664. The period of performance is 75 months. SwRI will design, analyze, develop, fabricate...
New research helps explain why the solar wind is hotter than expected
Apr 15, 2020 (SPX)
In a study published April 14 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison physicists provide an explanation for the ...
SwRI-led PUNCH mission achieves milestone
Apr 14, 2020 (SPX)
Southwest Research Institute is leading PUNCH, a NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) mission that will integrate understanding of the Sun's corona, the outer atmosphere ...
A journey into the northern lights
Apr 10, 2020 (SPX)
Named by Galileo Galilei in 1619, Aurora Borealis or northern lights has long fascinated mankind. Every year, thousands of visitors travel to the northern hemis...
High-Res Images Reveal Fine Plasma Threads in Sun's Atmosphere
Apr 10, 2020 (SPX)
Until now, certain parts of the Sun's atmosphere had appeared dark or mostly empty, but new images have revealed strands that are around 500 km in width - rough...
NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms
Mar 31, 2020 (SPX)
The new mission, called the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE), is an array of six CubeSats operating as one very large radio telescope. NASA h...
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