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Streaks in Aurora Found to Map Features in Earth's Radiation Environment
Aug 28, 2019 (SPX)
When the Van Allen belts undulate in shape and size - which they do in response to incoming radiation from the Sun as well as changes from Earth below - they ca...
Proposals selected for small satellites to study interplanetary space
Aug 16, 2019 (SPX)
"This is the first time that our heliophysics program has funded this kind of technology demonstration," said Peg Luce, deputy director of the Heliophysics Divi...
Parker Solar Probe completes 2 orbits of Sun
Aug 13, 2019 (SPX)
Parker Solar Probe is named for Eugene Parker, the physicist who first theorized the solar wind - the constant outflow of particles and magnetic fields from the...
NASA's MMS finds first interplanetary shock
Aug 09, 2019 (SPX)
These shocks, made of particles and electromagnetic waves, are launched by the Sun. They provide ideal test beds for learning about larger universal phenomena, ...
Magnetic plasma pulses excited by UK-size swirls in the solar atmosphere
Aug 07, 2019 (SPX)
Magnetic plasma waves and pulses have been widely suggested as one of the key mechanisms which could answer the long-standing question of why the temperature of...
Airbus brings a SMILE to ESA
Jul 31, 2019 (SPX)
The objective of SMILE is to study and understand space weather. Specifically, it will look at the physics behind continuous interaction between particles in th...
Researchers recreate the sun's solar wind and plasma burps on Earth
Jul 30, 2019 (SPX)
A new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison physicists mimicked solar winds in the lab, confirming how they develop and providing an Earth-bound model for th...
'Terminators' on the sun trigger plasma tsunamis and the start of new solar cycles
Jul 26, 2019 (SPX)
The new findings provide insight into the mysterious timing of sunspot cycles, which are marked by the waxing and waning of sunspot activity on the solar surfac...
UK-led solar science mission to use cubesats
Jul 05, 2019 (SPX)
Once funded, the mission will study the nature of solar eruptions, and track huge magnetic clouds of charged gas as they travel at high speed on a collision cou...
Citizen scientists discover cyclical pattern of complexity in solar storms
Jul 05, 2019 (SPX)
'Protect our Planet from Solar Storms', a research project launched by the University of Reading, the Science Museum Group and Zooniverse in May 2018, asked vol...
Details of Solar Science Mission Revealed at UK Astronomy Meeting
Jul 05, 2019 (SPX)
Once funded, the mission will study the nature of solar eruptions, and track huge magnetic clouds of charged gas as they travel at high speed on a collision cou...
Total eclipse will shield sun over South America next week
Jun 27, 2019 (UPI)
The eclipse will be seen along a 6,000-mile swath on Tuesday. When it aligns with the sun, the moon will cast a dark shadow over parts of Chile and Argentina, e...
NASA selects missions to study our sun, its effects on space weather
Jun 24, 2019 (SPX)
The Sun generates a vast outpouring of solar particles known as the solar wind, which can create a dynamic system of radiation in space called space weather. Ne...
Research details response of sagebrush to 2017 solar eclipse
Jun 24, 2019 (SPX)
University of Wyoming botany and hydrology doctoral student Daniel Beverly used the eclipse to examine the impact of the Moon's shadow on an iconic plant specie...
Northern lights' social networking reveals true scale of magnetic storms
Jun 24, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers, led by Professor Sandra Chapman from the University's Department of Physics, have for the first time characterised the observations from over 1...
NASA Selects PUNCH Mission to Image Beyond the Sun's Outer Corona
Jun 21, 2019 (SPX)
PUNCH will consist of a constellation of four suitcase-sized microsatellites or "microsats" that will launch as early as 2022. The microsats will orbit the Eart...
UK scientists to work with NASA on new mission to study the Sun
Jun 21, 2019 (SPX)
The Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission has been selected by NASA from five mission proposals. It will use pioneering scientific and...
NASA scientists find Sun's history buried in lunar crust
Jun 18, 2019 (SPX)
When the Sun was just a baby four billion years ago, it went through violent outbursts of intense radiation, spewing scorching, high-energy clouds and particles...
Solar activity forecast for next decade favorable for exploration
Jun 13, 2019 (SPX)
In August 1972, right in between the Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 missions, a solar storm occurred sending out dangerous bursts of radiation. On Earth, we're protect...
Solving the Sun's Super-Heating Mystery with Parker Solar Probe
Jun 06, 2019 (SPX)
In roughly two years, the probe will be the first man-made craft to enter the zone surrounding the Sun where heating looks fundamentally different that what has...
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