SOLAR SCIENCE - INDO DAILY

Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)

Ice cores and ancient sediments can be gleaned for clues to weather and climate in the past. But astronomical phenomena - such as solar flares or auroras - at b...

Discovery of a source of fast magnetic reconnection

Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)

Magnetic reconnection, a universal process that triggers solar flares and northern lights and can disrupt cell phone service and fusion experiments, occurs much...

Waves on sun give NASA new insight into space weather forecasting

Apr 02, 2017 (SPX)

Our sun is a chaotic place, simmering with magnetic energy and constantly spewing out particles. Sometimes the sun releases solar flares and coronal mass ejecti...

Next Stop: A Trip Inside the Sun's Atmosphere

Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)

Every so often the Sun emits an explosive burst of charged particles that makes its way to Earth and wreaks havoc on power grids, aircraft and satellite systems...

Planetary waves, first found on Earth, are discovered on sun

Mar 29, 2017 (SPX)

The same kind of large-scale planetary waves that meander through the atmosphere high above Earth's surface may also exist on the Sun, according to a new study ...

Sunrise 2: A Second Look At The Sun

Mar 28, 2017 (SPX)

During its two flights in 2009 and 2013, the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise experienced a unique view of our Sun: from a height of more than 35 kilomet...

Large-scale planetary waves found on the sun

Mar 27, 2017 (UPI)

Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have discovered Rossby waves on the sun. The large-scale planetary waves were first discovered on Ear...

NASA's SDO sees a stretch of spotless Sun

Mar 23, 2017 (SPX)

For 15 days starting on March 7, 2017, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, returned visible light images of a yolk-like spotless sun. This is the longest...

NASA Satellites Ready When Stars and Planets Align

Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)

The movements of the stars and the planets have almost no impact on life on Earth, but a few times per year, the alignment of celestial bodies has a visible eff...

Cornell's FOTON studies 'space weather' to improve satellite communication

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Cornell University engineers have developed a new piece of technology to study charged particles in the plasma of space, on the edge of Earth's atmosphere - kno...

New research on northern lights will improve satellite navigation accuracy

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of Bath have gained new insights into the mechanisms of the Northern Lights, providing an opportunity to develop better satellite ...

Studying magnetic space explosions with NASA missions

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

Every day, invisible magnetic explosions are happening around Earth, on the surface of the sun and across the universe. These explosions, known as magnetic reco...

Solar storms trigger surprising phenomena close to Earth

Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)

Eruptions on the Sun's surface send clouds of electrically charged particles towards Earth, producing solar storms that - among other things - can trigger the b...

Solar storms remove electrons from large portions of Earth's atmosphere

Mar 03, 2017 (UPI)

New research shows solar storms leave large portions of Earth's atmosphere without electrons. Typically, when a solar storm reaches Earth, the collision with th...

First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite

Mar 01, 2017 (SPX)

The first images from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager or SUVI instrument aboard NOAA's GOES-16 satellite have been successful, capturing a large coronal hole on Ja...

Rare 'Ring of Fire' eclipse to cross Southern Hemisphere

Feb 25, 2017 (UPI)

The sky above parts of Earth's Southern Hemisphere will be illuminated Sunday in a "ring of fire" during the first solar eclipse of 2017, NASA said. The annular...

NSF to Fund a Nationwide Effort to Capture the Eclipse

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

The National Science Foundation to provide critical funding to nationwide eclipse data-gathering effort. The Citizen Continental America Telescopic Eclipse proj...

Setting Sun on Space Station Solar research

Feb 17, 2017 (ESA)

Today, ground control in Belgium switched off a package that had been continuously watching the Sun from the International Space Station for nine years. 'Solar'...

Friday Night's Deep Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Feb 08, 2017 (SPX)

Lunar eclipses are enjoyable celestial events that can be seen from a wide geographic area. But we haven't experienced a total lunar blackout since September 20...

What happened to the sun over 7,000 years ago?

Feb 08, 2017 (SPX)

An international team led by researchers at Nagoya University, along with US and Swiss colleagues, has identified a new type of solar event and dated it to the ...