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Swirling polar vortices may exist on the Sun, research suggests
Nov 12, 2024 (SPX)
The findings, detailed in the *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)*, offer insights into solar magnetism and the Sun's polar regions. "No one...
Proba-3 to continuously monitor Sun's energy output
Nov 09, 2024 (SPX)
The Occulter is equipped with the Davos Absolute Radiometer (DARA), a compact instrument developed by the Physical Meteorological Observatory Davos (PMOD) in Sw...
Europe dispatches Proba-3 satellites to India for December eclipse mission
Nov 03, 2024 (SPX)
"This ambitious ESA mission has been many years in the making, because it is seeking to do something in space that has previously been impossible," said Damien ...
NASA to launch innovative solar coronagraph to Space Station
Oct 31, 2024 (SPX)
Launching in November 2024 aboard SpaceX's 31st commercial resupply services mission, CODEX will be robotically installed on the exterior of the space station. ...
NRL's CCOR-1 captures first images of solar atmosphere
Oct 24, 2024 (SPX)
The CCOR, a small space telescope designed to observe the Sun's atmosphere, opened its aperture on Sept. 19 after being launched aboard NOAA's GOES-19 spacecraf...
Harnessing AI to improve space weather forecasting with NSF's GONG Data
Oct 22, 2024 (SPX)
However, the timely identification of solar filaments and their magnetic properties, such as chirality (handedness), has been challenging. Early detection of th...
WVU researcher explores ancient tree rings to predict future space weather
Oct 18, 2024 (SPX)
"If one of these events were to happen today and you were on a high latitude flight flying to Norway, you'd probably receive your lifetime dose of radiation on ...
NJIT secures $5M NASA grant to create AI-based solar eruption research center
Oct 17, 2024 (SPX)
The AI-Powered Solar Eruption Center of Excellence in Research and Education (SEC) will collaborate with NASA, New York University, and IBM to develop AI and ma...
Sun reaches maximum phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle
Oct 16, 2024 (SPX)
The solar cycle is a natural cycle the Sun goes through as it transitions between low and high magnetic activity. Roughly every 11 years, at the height of the s...
NASA launches coding competition to organize solar eclipse images
Oct 15, 2024 (UPI)
"Thanks to the efforts of over 145 citizen scientists, more than 1 terabyte of photographs were collected and are now being analyzed," NASA said. "These images ...
Researchers find clues to the mysterious heating of the sun's atmosphere
Oct 13, 2024 (SPX)
Now, a team led by Sayak Bose, a researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has made a significant advancem...
'Party atmosphere': Skygazers treated to another aurora show
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
For at least the second time this year, skygazers in many parts of the world were treated to colourful auroras at latitudes beyond the polar extremes where they...
Solar storm could impact US hurricane recovery efforts: agency
Oct 10, 2024 (AFP)
A coronal mass ejection (CME) struck Earth this morning at 11:17 am (1517 GMT), disrupting the Earth's magnetic field and quickly achieving G4 (severe) geomagne...
Powerful solar flare to begin producing auroras and possible electrical disruptions
Oct 10, 2024 (UPI)
According to the National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, the geomagnetic storm, expected to be seen much farther south than usual, could las...
US forecasts severe solar storm starting Thursday
Oct 09, 2024 (AFP)
It comes as the Sun approaches -- or is possibly at -- the peak of its 11-year cycle, when activity is heightened. In May, the planet experienced its most power...
SwRI solar wind plasma sensor integrated into NOAA satellite
Oct 08, 2024 (SPX)
The NOAA Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) satellite will orbit at a point known as L1, roughly a million miles from Earth. From this position, it wi...
Parker Solar Probe Completes 21st Close Approach to the Sun
Oct 05, 2024 (SPX)
On Oct. 3, the spacecraft communicated with mission operators at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland - where it was also desi...
Sky watchers expecting weekend aurora borealis show following huge solar flares
Oct 04, 2024 (UPI)
The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, "may put on an exceptional display both Friday and Saturday nights, which could be visible across all of...
Proba-3 completes final test, prepares for November launch
Oct 04, 2024 (SPX)
Proba-3's twin satellites will perform millimetre-scale formation flying, where one satellite will cast a shadow on the other to block out the Sun and observe i...
Powerful solar flare may lead to auroras on Earth
Oct 03, 2024 (UPI)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center sun let loose a powerful flare with intensity measured at X7.1, the second...
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