Magnetic reconnection was observed to intensify due to disturbances from an adjacent solar filament eruption.…
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The Sun is the star at the center of our solar system and the primary source of energy for life on Earth. Composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, it generates energy through nuclear fusion, producing light and heat that drive Earth’s climate, weather, and photosynthesis. Studied in fields like astrophysics, heliophysics, and space science, the Sun influences everything from satellite operations to geomagnetic storms. Researchers closely monitor solar activity—such as sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections—to better understand space weather and its effects on Earth. As a dynamic and powerful celestial body, the Sun remains a key focus in the study of stellar physics and planetary habitability.
Researchers have successfully traced the origin of Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) to closed magnetic field…
New solar observations show magnetic fields expand and merge in the chromosphere, helping explain how…
An international team of researchers led by ETH Zurich has reconstructed solar activity back to…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe found magnetic switchbacks in the solar wind. Scientists are debating if…
Parker Solar Probe’s solar flyby aligned with Earth-based observatories for coordinated data collection. During Parker…
The source of potentially hazardous solar particles, released from the Sun at high speed during…
Sun’s magnetic waves tweak its outer layer’s chemistry—key to predicting solar impacts on Earth’s tech.…
NASA mapped the Sun’s chromosphere magnetism, unlocking secrets of solar storms. For decades after its…
New solar maps reveal how magnetic fields shape and heat the Sun’s outer layers. Every…
What happens when the Solar System’s No. 1 source of violent energy interferes with spacecraft…
A theory as to why the Sun’s outer atmosphere differs in its chemical make-up from…
Newly discovered “plumelets” may hold the key to understanding solar wind disturbances and their effects…
NASA’s Solar Images Are Now Featured on U.S. Postage Stamps NASA’s images of the Sun’s…
New research reveals that sunquakes likely originate from beneath the Sun’s surface, rather than from…
On January 13, 2021, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, experienced its first lunar transit…
A Year of Sunwatching from Space These 366 images of the Sun were made by…
A Compact Solar Particle Detector for Space Application Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics…