NASA has approved two heliophysics missions to explore the Sun and the system that drives…
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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 may have found the long-sought “nanoflares” thought to heat the solar corona to its…
The Borexino experiment research team has succeeded in detecting neutrinos from the sun’s second fusion…
Today (Monday, December 14, 2020), South America will be treated to an eclipse of the…
Solar Orbiter’s latest results show that the mission is making the first direct connections between…
Orbiting Instrument Offers Scientists the Lowdown on Sun’s Super-Hot Atmosphere A phenomenon first detected in…
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory launched on December 2, 1995. A joint mission between the…
Scientists use an extended, 22-year solar cycle to make the forecast Uses timings based on…
The U.S. NSF’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope just released its first image of a…
A hyper-sensitive instrument, deep underground in Italy, has finally succeeded at the nearly impossible task…
New research shows that sunspots and other active regions can change the overall solar emissions.…
The Borexino collaboration, in which also scientists from TU Dresden are involved, has succeeded after…
On November 18 scientists from the US National Science Foundation’s National Solar Observatory predicted the…
Active regions on the sun combined to look something like a jack-o-lantern’s face on October…
https://youtu.be/mvgHsGS78rw The Sun has entered its 25th solar cycle and is about to wake up.…
University of Chicago scientists teach a neural net to find baby star flares. Like its…
On October 16, 2020, the Moon photobombed NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory’s view of the Sun.…
NASA’s extensive fleet of spacecraft allows scientists to study the Sun extremely close-up – one…