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How solar prominences vibrate
Jun 08, 2018 (SPX)
It is generally believed that the star's magnetic field supports them so that they do not fall on the surface due to their own weight. These magnetic structures...
Expedition Measures Solar Motions Seen During Last Summer's Total Eclipse
Jun 07, 2018 (SPX)
"We could see giant streamers coming out of low solar latitudes as well as plumes out of the Sun's north and south poles, all held in their beautiful shapes by ...
As Solar Wind Blows, Our Heliosphere Balloons
Jun 07, 2018 (SPX)
In late 2014, NASA spacecraft detected a substantial change in the solar wind. For the first time in nearly a decade, the solar wind pressure - a combined measu...
NASA's Hi-C Launches to Study Sun's Corona
Jun 06, 2018 (SPX)
The precision instrument, called the High Resolution Coronal Imager or Hi-C for short, flew aboard a Black Brant IX sounding rocket at the White Sands Missile R...
Study shows how Earth slows the solar wind to a gentle breeze
Jun 01, 2018 (SPX)
Just as a motorboat creates a bow-shaped wave ahead of itself as the hull pushes through the water, Earth creates a similar effect - called a bow shock - as it ...
Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array Reveals New Insights into Solar Flares' Explosive Energy Releases
May 30, 2018 (SPX)
With 13 antennas now working together, EOVSA was able to make images of the flare in multiple radio frequencies simultaneously for the first time. This enhanced...
More than 1.1 million names installed on Parker Solar Probe
May 22, 2018 (SPX)
"Parker Solar Probe is going to revolutionize our understanding of the Sun, the only star we can study up close," said Nicola Fox, project scientist for Parker ...
Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter set to soar high
May 17, 2018 (SPX)
Two upcoming missions will soon take us closer to the Sun than we've ever been before, providing our best chance yet at uncovering the complexities of solar act...
Why does the corona sizzle at a million degrees
May 09, 2018 (SPX)
A team of physicists, led by NJIT's Gregory Fleishman, has recently discovered a phenomenon that may begin to untangle what they call "one of the greatest chall...
What will happen when our sun dies?
May 08, 2018 (SPX)
A team of international astronomers, including Professor Albert Zijlstra from the University of Manchester, predict it will turn into a massive ring of luminous...
Waves similar to those controlling Earth weather found on the Sun
May 08, 2018 (SPX)
For forty years scientists had speculated about the existence of such waves on the Sun, which should be present in every rotating system. Now, they have been un...
Flares in the universe can now be studied on Earth
May 03, 2018 (SPX)
Now, physicists at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered a new way to study these spectacular space plasma phenomena in a laboratory enviro...
Key Parker Solar Probe sensor bests sun simulator-last launch hurdle
May 01, 2018 (SPX)
The cup will scoop up and examine the solar wind as the probe passes closer to the sun than any previous manmade object. Justin Kasper, University of Michigan a...
European Solar Telescope will help us to crack mysteries of Sun
Apr 19, 2018 (SPX)
The revolutionary four-metre telescope is being designed to investigate the Sun at unprecedented resolution. It will allow scientists to identify structures as ...
Solar Dynamics Observatory serves up the sun, three ways
Apr 11, 2018 (UPI)
In a new composite image, shared this week by NASA, the sun is showcased in three different extreme ultraviolet wavelengths. As evidenced by the image, each fre...
NASA's Mission to Touch the Sun Arrives in the Sunshine State
Apr 10, 2018 (SPX)
In the middle of the night on April 2, the spacecraft was driven from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, to nearby Joint Base Andrews in...
Giant solar tornadoes put researchers in a spin
Apr 09, 2018 (SPX)
Dr Nicolas Labrosse will present the work, carried out by researchers at the University of Glasgow, Paris Observatory, University of Toulouse, and Czech Academy...
NASA powers on new instrument staring at the Sun
Mar 16, 2018 (SPX)
"TSIS-1 extends a long data record that helps us understand the Sun's influence on Earth's radiation budget, ozone layer, atmospheric circulation, and ecosystem...
Mystery of purple lights in sky solved with help from citizen scientists
Mar 15, 2018 (SPX)
When a thin purple ribbon of light appeared and starting glowing, Bourassa immediately snapped pictures until the light particles disappeared 20 minutes later. ...
New 3-D measurements improve understanding of geomagnetic storm hazards
Mar 14, 2018 (SPX)
Space weather events such as geomagnetic storms can disturb the earth's magnetic field, interfering with electric power grids, radio communication, GPS systems,...
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