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Sun's Loops are Displaying an Optical Illusion
Jul 18, 2013 (SPX)
The Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, has posed an enduring mystery. Why is it so hot? The Sun's visible surface is only 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, but as you ...
CME To Pass Earth, Messenger and Juno
Jul 17, 2013 (SPX)
On July 16, 2013, at 12:09 a.m. EDT, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of p...
Solar tsunami used to measure Sun's magnetic field
Jul 17, 2013 (SPX)
A solar tsunami observed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Japanese Hinode spacecraft has been used to provide the first accurate estimates of ...
Heliophysics Nugget: How To Share Sun Observations With the World
Jul 17, 2013 (SPX)
On July 11, 2012, a sounding rocket flew for just over 10 minutes, hurtling up into space for a short journey to capture images of the sun from a vantage point ...
Scientists track solar 'tsunami' to measure sun's magnetic field
Jul 11, 2013 (UPI)
British astrophysicists report they've used a solar "tsunami" observed by U.S. and Japanese spacecraft to measure the sun's magnetic field. Solar tsunamis such ...
Cluster spacecraft detects elusive space wind
Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)
A new study provides the first conclusive proof of the existence of a space wind first proposed theoretically over 20 years ago. By analysing data from the Euro...
NASA ESA Movie Making Tool Hits The Million Mark
Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)
A solar movie-making program produced by scientists from NASA and the European Space Agency just hit a major milestone: its millionth movie. The Helioviewer pro...
New camera yields clues to dramatic events on sun's surface
Jul 01, 2013 (UPI)
British scientists say an innovative new camera on board a sounding rocket has captured the sharpest images yet of the sun's outer atmosphere. Researchers at th...
NASA Launches Satellite To Study How Sun's Atmosphere Is Energized
Jul 01, 2013 (SPX)
NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Wednesday at 7:27 p.m. PDT (10:27 p.m. EDT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The m...
Launch Of Latest NASA Solar Mission Rescheduled To June 27
Jun 28, 2013 (SPX)
The launch of NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission is being delayed one day to 7:27 p.m. PDT (10:27 p.m. EDT) Thursday, June 27, from Van...
NASA launches satellite to study solar material
Jun 28, 2013 (AFP)
The US space agency launched a satellite late Thursday to unlock the secrets of the Sun's lower atmosphere. NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph -- dubb...
Solar activity reduces radiation exposure in the air
Jun 27, 2013 (SPX)
At present, the Sun is very active - a surface covered with sunspots, frequent ejections of matter and a stronger solar wind blowing towards Earth. In the meant...
Solar Splashdown
Jun 24, 2013 (SPX)
On June 7, 2011, our Sun erupted, blasting tons of hot plasma into space. Some of that plasma splashed back down onto the Sun's surface, sparking bright flashes...
Sunrise Two launched
Jun 14, 2013 (SPX)
The balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise has lifted off - and will now begin its unique journey to the active Sun. The balloon-borne solar observatory Sunris...
Sun-Grazing Comet Flies Deep Into Solar Corona
Jun 13, 2013 (SPX)
On December 15-16, 2011, a Sun-grazing comet, designated Lovejoy (C/2011 W3), passed deep within the hot solar atmosphere - the corona - effectively probing a r...
Sun-Grazing Comet Flies Deep Into Solar Corona
Jun 12, 2013 (SPX)
On December 15-16, 2011, a Sun-grazing comet, designated Lovejoy (C/2011 W3), passed deep within the hot solar atmosphere - the corona - effectively probing a r...
Space Storm Could Black Out US East Coast for Two Years
Jun 12, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
Severe space "weather" can knock out satellite communications and GPS systems, expose space tourists and astronauts to dangerous levels of radiation, and even c...
Sun shoots off third solar flare in two days
Jun 11, 2013 (UPI)
The sun spouted another giant solar flare today, its third in two days. And yet again, one of NASA's many satellites was there to capture images. Tuesday, NASA'...
Spain receives ever more solar radiation
Jun 10, 2013 (SPX)
Solar radiation in Spain has increased by 2.3% every decade since the 1980s, according to a study by researchers from the University of Girona and the Federal I...
NASA's IRIS Mission to Launch in June
Jun 06, 2013 (SPX)
Lying just above the sun's surface is an enigmatic region of the solar atmosphere called the interface region. A relatively thin region, just 3,000 to 6,000 mil...
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