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Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety
Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)
Yet, in space, similarly small fluctuations in the solar wind as it streams toward the Earth's magnetic shield actually can affect the speed and strength of "sp...
Solar antics
Sep 21, 2017 (ESA)
On 6 and 10 September, our Sun produced a pair of solar flares, the strongest observed in over 10 years. They were accompanied by huge eruptions of billions of ...
NASA captures significant solar flare
Sep 11, 2017 (UPI)
The space agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory watches the sun on a constant basis and captured the significant solar flare classified as X8.2-class. X-class ide...
NASA captures images of strong solar flares
Sep 07, 2017 (AFP)
These radiation flares, which can disrupt communications satellites, GPS and power grids by reaching the upper Earth atmosphere, were detected and captured by t...
Space-inspired Star Storm to premiere next month
Sep 01, 2017 (ESA)
The creator of the show is Aoife van Linden Tol, the recipient of the first art and science@ESA residency organised by Ars Electronica in partnership with ESA. ...
NASA's Lunar mission captures solar eclipse as seen from the moon
Aug 30, 2017 (SPX)
As LRO crossed the lunar south pole heading north at 3,579 mph (1,600 meters per second), the shadow of the Moon was racing across the United States at 1,500 mp...
Charleston C-17 flies on dark side of the moon
Aug 28, 2017 (AFNS)
During the standard training flight, the Air Force Reserve, comprised of 317th and 701st Airlift Squadron members, practiced "time on target" tactics as they tr...
NJIT researchers will follow in the moon's slipstream to capture high-res sunspot images
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
NJIT physicists Dale Gary and Bin Chen and collaborators will be observing sunspots - the visible concentrations of magnetic fields on the Sun's surface- - at m...
3 Billion Times and Man Just Gueses
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
Thanks to Tom, Steve and the great teams of Schlafly Beer and Dew Drop Inn. Special planning and care was given to make this event spectacular. The outdoor bar ...
ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses
Aug 21, 2017 (ESA)
Aiming for launch in late 2020, Proba-3 is not one but two small metre-scale satellites, lining up to cast a precise shadow across space to block out the solar ...
Tracking a solar eruption through the Solar System
Aug 17, 2017 (ESA)
While this made the analysis of any comet-related effects far more complex than anticipated, it triggered one of the largest collaborative efforts to trace the ...
NASA taps citizen scientists to help study eclipse
Aug 17, 2017 (UPI)
Researchers at NASA are counting on the participation of thousands of citizen scientists to document next week's solar eclipse and to gather usable data for add...
NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space
Aug 17, 2017 (SPX)
While we track CMEs with a number of instruments, the sheer size of the solar system means that our observations are limited, and usually taken from a distance....
Studying the sun's atmosphere with the total solar eclipse of 2017
Aug 16, 2017 (SPX)
When the Moon moves in front of the Sun on Aug. 21, it will completely obscure the Sun's bright face. This happens because of a celestial coincidence - though t...
Solar eclipses baffle, captivate humans throughout history
Aug 15, 2017 (UPI)
While modern humans understand the moon has passed between the sun and Earth, temporarily blocking out the sun, that has not always been the case and the moment...
Day to night and back again: Earth's ionosphere during the total solar eclipse
Aug 14, 2017 (SPX)
But the total solar eclipse will also have imperceptible effects, such as the sudden loss of extreme ultraviolet radiation from the Sun, which generates the ion...
An NJIT researcher throws a global ham radio 'party' to study the eclipse
Aug 14, 2017 (SPX)
With a 102 ft. wire antenna, he will contact a network of ham radio operators he's assembled around the world to test the strength and reach of their high frequ...
NASA watches the Sun put a stop to its own eruption
Aug 14, 2017 (SPX)
Because scientists had so many instruments observing the event, they were able to track the entire event from beginning to end, and explain for the first time h...
Chaotic magnetic field lines may answer the coronal heating problem
Aug 14, 2017 (SPX)
Operating under the idea that chaotically tangled magnetic field lines exist throughout astrophysical plasmas, the team used high-performance computer simulatio...
NASA instrument key to understanding solar powered planet arrives at Kennedy Space Center
Aug 09, 2017 (SPX)
The Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1) instrument was built by the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)...
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