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Solar Orbiter delivers first clear look at the Sun's poles from deep space
Jun 12, 2025 (SPX)
Historically, solar imaging has been confined to the ecliptic plane-where Earth and all major spacecraft orbit the Sun-limiting views to the solar equator. Now,...
SwRI-led research finds particles energized by magnetic reconnection in the nascent solar wind
Jun 04, 2025 (SPX)
These new results offer fresh perspectives on how magnetic reconnection could heat the solar atmosphere, which then transitions into the solar wind, and also ho...
Solar atmosphere seen in sharpest detail yet thanks to new adaptive optics
May 28, 2025 (SPX)
This achievement, published in Nature Astronomy, introduces a coronal adaptive optics system that dramatically improves resolution by compensating for Earth's a...
Solar Events Found to Accelerate Helium Pickup Ions Beyond Solar Wind Speeds
May 22, 2025 (SPX)
Led by Dr. Keiichi Ogasawara, the study shows that helium pickup ions play a crucial role in the formation of solar energetic particles (SEPs), a high-energy cl...
High resolution solar images reveal dynamic activity using upgraded VTT camera
May 21, 2025 (SPX)
The enhanced camera system restores the VTT's full observational field using advanced image reconstruction techniques. Each restored image is synthesized from 1...
The most powerful solar storm on record occurred in 12350 BC, study reveals
May 19, 2025 (SPX)
The research, led by Postdoctoral Researcher Kseniia Golubenko and Professor Ilya Usoskin, utilized a newly developed chemistry-climate model, SOCOL:14C-Ex, to ...
New Study Reveals Record-Breaking Solar Storm from 12,350 BC
May 15, 2025 (SPX)
The study, led by Postdoctoral Researcher Kseniia Golubenko and Professor Ilya Usoskin, identified an 18% stronger spike in radiocarbon than the previously stro...
ESA's Proba-3 Mission Demonstrates Breakthrough in Precision Formation Flying
May 14, 2025 (SPX)
The mission's two satellites, the Coronagraph and the Occulter, achieved a 150-metre separation in orbit, effectively acting as a single giant instrument. This ...
What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
May 12, 2025 (SPX)
The inaugural Space Weather Tabletop Exercise was supposed to be a training event, where experts could work through the real-time ramifications of a geomagnetic...
New UK Initiative to Revolutionize Solar Atmosphere Modelling
May 12, 2025 (SPX)
The Sun's behavior profoundly influences satellites, space missions, and technology on Earth, making accurate simulations of its atmospheric processes essential...
Sunlight Reveals New Insights into Earth's Complex Systems
May 07, 2025 (SPX)
This study explores the fundamental role of shortwave radiation, or sunlight, in Earth's climate system and underscores the need for further research into its c...
Inouye Solar Telescope activates powerful new spectro polarimeter for detailed Sun studies
Apr 30, 2025 (SPX)
Researchers refer to the event as a "technical first light" for VTF. This 5.6-ton, two-floor instrument is designed to dissect sunlight with exceptional precisi...
Solar flare pulses trigger rapid echoes in Earth's atmosphere
Apr 30, 2025 (SPX)
Researchers studying a powerful solar flare from 2012 found that Earth's atmosphere exhibited synchronized pulses in direct response to rhythmic bursts of energ...
NASA's PUNCH Mission Captures First Images of Sun, Space
Apr 23, 2025 (SPX)
On April 14, the Narrow Field Imager (NFI) and one of the mission's three Wide Field Imagers (WFI) opened its instrument doors and captured the first images for...
SwRI links solar jet to unprecedented helium-3 surge
Apr 14, 2025 (SPX)
SEPs are charged particles accelerated during solar phenomena such as flares and coronal mass ejections. Among them, 3He is exceptionally rare, typically appear...
Solar wind compressions spark massive heatwaves on Jupiter
Apr 10, 2025 (SPX)
University of Reading researchers uncovered this 2017 event in which a dense solar wind stream slammed into Jupiter, crushing its magnetosphere and generating a...
Eclipse quiets birds only in zones of near-total darkness
Apr 10, 2025 (SPX)
Conducted by researchers at Loggerhead Instruments and the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the study analyz...
Amount of sunlight at Earth's surface shows long-term shifts tied to pollution
Apr 10, 2025 (SPX)
"The amount of sunlight - which is solar radiative energy - we receive at the Earth's surface is not necessarily stable over the years but can undergo substanti...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Completes 23rd Close Approach to Sun
Mar 26, 2025 (SPX)
The close approach (known as perihelion) occurred at 22:42 UTC - or 6:42 p.m. EDT - with Parker Solar Probe moving 430,000 miles per hour (692,000 kilometers pe...
Parker Solar Probe Continues Record Speed and Distance Solar Flybys
Mar 24, 2025 (SPX)
During this latest approach, Parker Solar Probe is expected to reach its top velocity of 430,000 miles per hour (692,000 kilometers per hour), equaling the spee...
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