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ESA's first stand-alone deep-space CubeSat Henon takes shape
Oct 30, 2025 (SPX)
Henon's firsts ESA's Heliospheric Pioneer for Solar and Interplanetary Threats Defence, Henon for short, is set to be the first ever stand-alone CubeSat to perf...
Newly Detected Twisting Magnetic Waves Offer Clues to Corona Heating
Oct 28, 2025 (SPX)
Using CryoNIRSP, the Inouye Telescope's advanced spectropolarimeter, the researchers measured velocity signatures from highly ionized iron at about 1.6 million ...
Breakthrough detection of twisting Alfven waves reveals possible solar corona heating mechanism
Oct 25, 2025 (SPX)
The study, led by Professor Richard Morton at Northumbria University, used the telescope's advanced Cryogenic Near Infrared Spectropolarimeter (Cryo-NIRSP) to c...
Newly detected rhythmic radio signals shed light on solar atmospheric structures
Oct 23, 2025 (SPX)
This observation was only possible due to the high time and frequency resolution of CBSm. Additional imaging by the Daocheng Radio Telescope confirmed the emiss...
China commissions world's first mid-infrared solar magnetic-field telescope
Oct 21, 2025 (SPX)
Known as the Accurate Infrared Magnetic Field Measurements of the Sun (AIMS), the telescope marks a breakthrough in global solar observation by closing the long...
Conditions right Thursday night for Northern Lights in 15 states
Oct 16, 2025 (UPI)
The National Atmospheric Oceanic and Administration issued a geomagnetic storm watch for Thursday, which is responsible for the Northern Lights' unusual geograp...
AI model sharpens solar forecasts to support satellite network stability
Oct 16, 2025 (SPX)
The model harnesses the principle of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), which pit two neural networks against each other in a process likened to a contest ...
Flying through the biggest solar storm ever recorded
Oct 16, 2025 (ESA)
Before every ESA launch, mission teams undergo a rigorous simulation phase which rehearses the first moments of a satellite in space, while preparing mission co...
NASA SunRISE mission to launch in 2026 to track solar radio bursts
Oct 01, 2025 (SPX)
The heliophysics mission will investigate solar radio bursts and map the Sun's magnetic field, tracing its influence from the outer corona into interplanetary s...
AI model predicts harmful solar winds with unprecedented accuracy
Sep 25, 2025 (SPX)
Solar wind, a constant stream of charged particles from the Sun, can intensify into powerful events that disrupt Earth's atmosphere, interfere with power grids,...
Sun reverses decades-long decline and shows rising activity
Sep 25, 2025 (SPX)
Solar activity normally rises and falls in 11-year cycles, but longer variations can last decades. From the 1980s until 2008, the Sun weakened, with 2008 markin...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Sails Through 25th Sun Flyby
Sep 25, 2025 (SPX)
Parker Solar Probe checked in with flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland - where the spacecraft was also ...
Two newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the Sun
Sep 25, 2025 (SPX)
On Sept. 24, 2025, NASA launched two new missions to study the influence of the Sun on the solar system, with further missions scheduled for 2026 and beyond. I'...
NRL coronagraph on NOAA SWFO L1 will enhance space weather forecasts
Sep 25, 2025 (SPX)
Upon commissioning at L1, the spacecraft will be renamed Space weather Observations at L1 to Advance Readiness 1, or SOLAR-1, reflecting its continuous role in ...
SpaceX launches 3 probes for NASA, NOAA to study space weather
Sep 24, 2025 (UPI)
The Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida around 7:30 a.m. EDT. The primary payload on the flight was NASA's Interstellar Mapping...
'Blood Moon' rises as Kenya looks to the stars for tourism
Sep 07, 2025 (AFP)
When the Sun, Earth and Moon line up, the shadow cast by the planet on its satellite makes it appear an eerie, deep red colour that has astounded humans for mil...
Delayed arrival of fast solar particles reveals new insights into shock acceleration
Sep 07, 2025 (SPX)
However, ESA's Solar Orbiter has now recorded instances where high-energy particles reach detectors later than their lower-energy counterparts. This phenomenon,...
Solar flare ions reach extreme temperatures in breakthrough study
Sep 07, 2025 (SPX)
Solar flares release vast amounts of energy in the Sun's outer atmosphere, heating regions to above 10 million degrees. These eruptions generate intense bursts ...
Upcoming Launch to Boost NASA's Study of Sun's Influence Across Space
Sep 07, 2025 (SPX)
The three missions will launch together aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From there, the spacecraft will travel toge...
'Blood Moon' to rise during total lunar eclipse Sunday night
Sep 04, 2025 (AFP)
When the Sun, Earth and Moon line up, the shadow cast by the planet on its satellite makes it appear an eerie, deep red colour that has astounded humans for mil...
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