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Chinese scientists push for Solar Polar Orbiter Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2024 Yang Mengfei, a prominent spacecraft scientist and advisor, has urged for state backing in developing a satellite designed for solar observations from a unique solar polar orbit. This initiative aims to deepen our understanding of solar phenomena that significantly influence earthly technologies and natural occurrences. Yang, a senior researcher at the China Academy of Space Technology and a respected member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, emphasized the critical role of the sun in sustaining ... read more |
New UAF lidar will add to space weather research capability Fairbanks AK (SPX) Mar 14, 2024 University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists are developing a new light detection and ranging instrument to help gain a better understanding of space weather enveloping Earth. The new laser radar ... more Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Feb 29, 2024 The recent spike of activity from the sun occurred during what NASA has dubbed the Heliophysics Big Year-a celebration of solar science centered on the April 8 total eclipse, the last that will be v ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 11, 2024 In a study published in The Astrophysical Journal, researchers from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences depicted a complete physical image of the anomalous heating in the upp ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 05, 2024 April 17, 2021, was a day like any other day on the Sun, until a brilliant flash erupted and an enormous cloud of solar material billowed away from our star. Such outbursts from the Sun are not unus ... more |
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The hottest catalog of the year: the most comprehensive list of slow-building solar flares yet San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 01, 2024 Solar flares occur when magnetic energy builds up in the Sun's atmosphere and is released as electromagnetic radiation. Lasting anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours, flares usually reach tempe ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jan 31, 2024 On April 8, the Moon's shadow will sweep across the United States, as millions will view a total solar eclipse. For many, preparing for this event brings memories of the magnificent total solar ecli ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 31, 2024 In a significant advancement in solar observation, the Accurate Infrared Magnetic Field Measurements of the Sun (AIMS) telescope, a pioneering project supported by the National Natural Science Found ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 India's ambitious journey into solar exploration has achieved a significant milestone. The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1, has successfully reached its d ... more Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its 18th close approach to the Sun on Dec. 28, 2023, matching its own distance record by skimming just about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the ... more |
India's Sun probe reaches solar orbit New Delhi (AFP) Jan 6, 2024 India's solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun's orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success for the space exploration ambitions of the world's most populous nation. The Aditya-L1 mission was launched in September and is carrying an array of instruments to measure and observe the Sun's outermost layers. India's science and technology minister Jitendra Singh said on social media that the probe had reached its final orbit "to discover the mysteries of Sun-Earth connection". ... read more Paris (ESA) Jan 03, 2024 Through exquisite, millimetre-scale, formation flying, the dual satellites making up ESA's Proba-3 will accomplish what was previously a space mission impossible: cast a precisely held shadow from o ... more |
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NASA Selects Ball Aerospace for ECCCO Mission Concept Study Broomfield CO (SPX) Dec 26, 2023 Ball Aerospace was selected to conduct a Phase A study for NASA's proposed Extreme ultraviolet Coronal Mass Ejection and Coronal Connectivity Observatory (ECCCO), a mission that would provide astron ... more Washington DC (UPI) Dec 15, 2023 A huge solar flare, the biggest since 2017, disrupted radio communication for two hours on Earth Thursday. It was detected by a NASA telescope. ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2023 In a significant development for heliophysics research, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has unveiled HelioCloud, a collaborative, cloud-based platform designed to transform how s ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 10, 2023 A new group of graduate students and postdocs are hard at work this fall with full freedom to explore a variety of solar and space physics research paths because of a unique fellowship program start ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2023 The shimmering green, red and purple curtains of the northern and southern lights - the auroras - may be the best-known phenomena lighting up the nighttime sky, but the most mysterious are the mauve ... more |
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