New observations of our Sun, combined with computer modeling, have helped astronomers resolve a decade-long argument over how to measure the accretion rates of growing…
By studying TW Hydrae, researchers are getting a glimpse of what happened to our Sun some four and a half billion years ago. Indianapolis, IN…
New research from the University of Leeds and University of Chicago reveals a model of Sun’s magnetic field. Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and…
Using the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have discovered a star that has about the same mass and chemical composition as the Sun. This solar twin will…
A biomedical engineering design team from Michigan Tech has developed an inexpensive skin patch that warns the wearer when it’s time to get out of…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has had consistent coverage of the sun’s rise toward solar maximum since 2010 and now that data has been compressed into…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of an M6.5 class flare yesterday, April 11, 2013. The flare was also associated with an Earth-directed coronal…
A newly published study uses a new model to demonstrate ion-cyclotron resonant heating in solar wind; representing a major advance in the understanding of how…
This NASA image of the day was taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows an image of magnetic loops on the sun. Flux Ropes…
Using a resolution five times higher than previous imagers, NASA’s High Resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of the sun’s million-degree…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured a spectacular video of a filament eruption from Sol, which occurred on August 31st. The segment is in red,…
Using the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite, a team of scientists measured the shape of the Sun with unprecedented accuracy,…
Using data from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard SDO, a team of scientists were able to determine the flow velocities at a depth…
After six years of development, Project 1640 is underway and using new technology on the Palomar Observatory’s 200-inch Hale telescope near San Diego, California to…
The Sun celebrated July 4, 2012, by sending out an M5.3 class solar flare from region AR1515, the same region that produced an M5.6 class…
Based on data from the Hinode satellite, a newly published study provides the first evidence of plasma upflows traveling at around 20 km per second…
NASA’s SUMI rocket mission is set to launch this week from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, testing the technologies that have been developed…
Using images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and the New Solar Telescope to study the sun and the dynamics behind solar explosions, scientists discovered narrow…