News About Solar Technology
May 22, 2025
Solar Events Found to Accelerate Helium Pickup Ions Beyond Solar Wind Speeds
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 22, 2025

New research from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) reveals that solar events significantly influence the velocity and behavior of helium pickup ions-particles that originate from neutral interste ... more

The most powerful solar storm on record occurred in 12350 BC, study reveals
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 19, 2025

An international research team has identified the most extreme solar particle storm ever recorded, occurring approximately 14,300 years ago in 12350 BC. This finding, uncovered by scientists at the ... more

What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 12, 2025

One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other U.S. government agencies gathered for a special meeting to simulate and address a threat looming in space. The threat was not an aste ... more

New Study Reveals Record-Breaking Solar Storm from 12,350 BC
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 15, 2025

Scientists have identified the most intense solar particle storm ever detected, dating back to 12,350 BC, significantly revising our understanding of ancient space weather and radiocarbon dating. Th ... more

High resolution solar images reveal dynamic activity using upgraded VTT camera
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 21, 2025

New imaging technology developed by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has enabled the Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT) in Tenerife to capture unprecedented, high-resolution views of s ... more

ESA's Proba-3 Mission Demonstrates Breakthrough in Precision Formation Flying
Paris, France (SPX) May 14, 2025

For the first time, the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission has achieved precise formation flying, maintaining millimetre-level alignment between two spacecraft in orbit without ground control f ... more

New UK Initiative to Revolutionize Solar Atmosphere Modelling
London, UK (SPX) May 12, 2025

A new GBP 5 million, five-year research initiative aims to tackle some of the most fundamental questions in solar physics, with a focus on the complex and dynamic processes occurring within the Sun' ... more

Sunlight Reveals New Insights into Earth's Complex Systems
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 07, 2025

When sunlight interacts with Earth, it creates a spectrum of phenomena ranging from the stunning beauty of rainbows to the more subtle but equally intriguing dynamics that shape our planet's atmosph ... more

Inouye Solar Telescope activates powerful new spectro polarimeter for detailed Sun studies
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 30, 2025

The Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's largest solar observatory, has reached a critical milestone with the activation of its most advanced instrument to date: the Visible Tunable Filter (VTF), a m ... more

Solar flare pulses trigger rapid echoes in Earth's atmosphere
London, UK (SPX) Apr 30, 2025

Earth's upper atmosphere reacts more quickly and strongly to solar flare activity than previously understood, according to new findings from Queen's University Belfast. Researchers studying a ... more

Solar flare pulses trigger rapid echoes in Earth's atmosphere

NASA's PUNCH Mission Captures First Images of Sun, Space

Amount of sunlight at Earth's surface shows long-term shifts tied to pollution

SwRI links solar jet to unprecedented helium-3 surge

Eclipse quiets birds only in zones of near-total darkness

Solar wind compressions spark massive heatwaves on Jupiter

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Completes 23rd Close Approach to Sun

Peak solar activity brings increased focus to ionosphere data for satellite safety

NASA to Launch Three Rockets from Alaska in Single Aurora Experiment

Chinese Meridian Phase II sets new benchmark in global space weather monitoring