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Scientist underlines threat of inevitable solar super-storms
Aug 05, 2014 (SPX)
In this month's issue of Physics World, Ashley Dale from the University of Bristol warns of the "catastrophic" and "long-lasting" impacts of "solar super-storms...
Solar Probe Plus, Highest Energy Mission Ever
Aug 01, 2014 (SPX)
Several years ago, NASA selected the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) of Johns Hopkins University to develop a most ambitious mission to the Sun. This was dubbe...
Near Miss: The Solar Superstorm of July 2012
Jul 28, 2014 (SPX)
If an asteroid big enough to knock modern civilization back to the 18th century appeared out of deep space and buzzed the Earth-Moon system, the near-miss would...
Earth survived near-miss from 2012 solar storm: NASA
Jul 24, 2014 (AFP)
Back in 2012, the Sun erupted with a powerful solar storm that just missed the Earth but was big enough to "knock modern civilization back to the 18th century,"...
Messenger and Stereo Open New Window Into Solar Processes
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
Understanding the sun from afar isn't easy. How do you figure out what powers solar flares - the intense bursts of radiation coming from the release of magnetic...
Young sun's violent history solves meteorite mystery
Jul 08, 2014 (ESA)
Astronomers using ESA's Herschel space observatory to probe the turbulent beginnings of a Sun-like star have found evidence of mighty stellar winds that could s...
Puffing Sun Gives Birth To Reluctant Eruption
Jul 04, 2014 (SPX)
A suite of NASA's sun-gazing spacecraft have spotted an unusual series of eruptions in which a series of fast puffs forced the slow ejection of a massive burst ...
NASA's IRIS Solar Observatory After 1 Year in Space
Jul 04, 2014 (SPX)
On June 27, 2013, NASA's newest solar observatory was launched into orbit around Earth. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, observes the low lev...
NASA's STEREO Maps Much Larger Solar Atmosphere Than Previously Observed
Jun 30, 2014 (SPX)
Surrounding the sun is a vast atmosphere of solar particles, through which magnetic fields swarm, solar flares erupt, and gigantic columns of material rise, fal...
Massive solar flares threaten GPS
Jun 13, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
The Sun has recently emitted two enormous and potentially harmful X-class flares during an active stage of its weather cycle, the Space Reporter wrote. On Tuesd...
The solar wind breaks through the Earth's magnetic field
Jun 12, 2014 (SPX)
Space is not empty. A wind of charged particles blows outwards from the Sun, carrying a magnetic field with it. Sometimes this solar wind can break through the ...
Solar Mini-Max
Jun 11, 2014 (SPX)
Years ago, in 2008 and 2009 an eerie quiet descended on the sun. Sunspot counts dropped to historically-low levels and solar flares ceased altogether. As the lo...
Solar Orbiter's shield takes Sun's heat
Jun 05, 2014 (ESA)
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission has undergone its latest major test: its protective shield has been subjected to concentrated sunlight to prove it can cope with the...
Discovering a hidden source of solar surges
Jun 04, 2014 (SPX)
Cutting-edge observations with the 1.6-meter telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) in California have taken research into the structure and activity of...
Solving sunspot mysteries
Jun 04, 2014 (SPX)
Multi-wavelength observations of sunspots with the 1.6-meter telescope at in California and aboard NASA's IRIS spacecraft have produced new and intriguing image...
Investigating unusual three-ribbon solar flares with extreme high resolution
Jun 04, 2014 (SPX)
The 1.6 meter telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) in California has given researchers unparalleled capability for investigating phenomena such as sol...
A First for NASA's IRIS: Observing a Gigantic Eruption of Solar Material
Jun 02, 2014 (SPX)
A coronal mass ejection, or CME, surged off the side of the sun on May 9, 2014, and NASA's newest solar observatory caught it in extraordinary detail. This was ...
High-speed solar winds increase lightning strikes on Earth
May 19, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have discovered new evidence to suggest that lightning on Earth is triggered not only by cosmic rays from space, but also by energetic particles from...
Fine Tubes to Supply Precision Tubing for Solar Orbiter
May 13, 2014 (SPX)
Fine Tubes is delighted to announce that it has been selected to supply specialist tubing for the Chemical Propulsion System (CPS) of the highly anticipated Sol...
NASA Telescopes Coordinate Best-Ever Flare Observations
May 09, 2014 (SPX)
On March 29, 2014, an X-class flare erupted from the right side of the sun... and vaulted into history as the best-observed flare of all time. The flare was wit...
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