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The electric atmosphere: Plasma is next NASA science target
Jul 18, 2012 (SPX)
Our day-to-day lives exist in what physicists would call an electrically neutral environment. Desks, books, chairs and bodies don't generally carry electricity ...
SciTechTalk: When the sun brought darkness
Jul 16, 2012 (UPI)
When a huge solar flare Thursday sent a magnetic storm heading toward earth, Americans heard the usual warnings of possible power outages, disruption of satelli...
Researchers create 'MRI' of the sun's interior motions
Jul 13, 2012 (SPX)
A team of scientists has created an "MRI" of the Sun's interior plasma motions, shedding light on how it transfers heat from its deep interior to its surface. T...
Sounds of northern lights are born close to ground
Jul 13, 2012 (SPX)
For the first time, researchers at Aalto University in Finland have located where the sounds associated with the northern lights are created. The auroral sounds...
Solar storm protection
Jul 13, 2012 (SPX)
Massive explosions on the sun unleash radiation that could kill astronauts in space. Now, researchers from the U.S. and South Korea have developed a warning sys...
HI-C sounding rocket mission has finest mirrors ever made
Jul 13, 2012 (SPX)
On July 11, NASA scientists will launch into space the highest resolution solar telescope ever to observe the solar corona, the million degree outer solar atmos...
New light shed on explosive solar activity
Jul 09, 2012 (SPX)
The first images of an upward surge of the Sun's gases into quiescent coronal loops have been identified by an international team of scientists. The discovery i...
Rising plasma offers clues to sun storms
Jul 06, 2012 (SPX)
Doppler measurements that help track storms on Earth may also be useful for understanding storms on the sun. A Rice University astrophysicist is part of an inte...
Another M-class Flare from Sunspot 1515
Jul 06, 2012 (SPX)
Active Region 1515 has now spit out 12 M-class flares since July 3. Early in the morning of July 5, 2012 there was an M6.1 flare. It peaked at 7:44 AM EDT. This...
Hi-C to Investigate Activity in Solar Atmosphere
Jul 04, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. is leading an international effort to develop and launch the High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, on...
Space tornadoes power the atmosphere of the Sun
Jul 03, 2012 (SPX)
The super tornadoes - which are thousands of times larger and more powerful than their earthly counterparts but which have a magnetic skeleton - spin at speeds ...
Sounding Rocket Mission to Observe Magnetic Fields on the Sun
Jul 03, 2012 (SPX)
On July 5, NASA will launch a mission called the Solar Ultraviolet Magnetograph Investigation or SUMI, to study the intricate, constantly changing magnetic fiel...
Prediction system to protect astronauts from solar storms
Jul 03, 2012 (SPX)
With the impending solar maximum expected to bring heightened rates of flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), putting at risk an ever-increasing human presen...
UK Space Agency makes stellar investment in mission to the Sun
Jun 20, 2012 (SPX)
The UK Space Agency has announced a planned 11.5M pound investment for the scientific payloads for Solar Orbiter - the first medium (M-class) mission in the Eur...
NASA's Fermi Detects the Highest-Energy Light From a Solar Flare
Jun 15, 2012 (SPX)
During a powerful solar blast on March 7, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected the highest-energy light ever associated with an eruption on the sun. ...
Spotting Ultrafine Loops in the Sun's Corona
Jun 15, 2012 (SPX)
A key to understanding the dynamics of the sun and what causes the great solar explosions there relies on deciphering how material, heat and energy swirl across...
UI's Scudder makes first observations of process linked to northern lights
Jun 07, 2012 (SPX)
A University of Iowa researcher wants you to visualize a plate of spaghetti when you think of the northern lights. That's because Jack Scudder, UI professor of ...
Origin of particle acceleration in cusps of Earth's magnetosphere uncovered
Jun 07, 2012 (ESA)
While flying through one of the cusps in Earth's magnetic field, the four spacecraft of ESA's Cluster mission have sampled the population of highly energetic pa...
UNH to Analyze Bellwether Solar Event Data from European Satellite
Jun 07, 2012 (SPX)
When the sun launched a moderate, or M-class, solar flare May 17, 2012, it was still one of the largest eruptions seen since late January when our star began to...
Catching solar particles infiltrating Earth's atmosphere
Jun 04, 2012 (SPX)
On May 17, 2012 an M-class flare exploded from the sun. The eruption also shot out a burst of solar particles traveling at nearly the speed of light that reache...
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