By combining modern data analysis techniques with stellar structure modeling for main-sequence and giant stars,…
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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.
Gray whales 4.3 times more likely to strand during a cosmic burst of radio static.…
In February 2020, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory — SDO — is celebrating its 10th year…
First measurements by a Solar Orbiter science instrument reached the ground on Thursday February 13,…
A new study led by the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa has helped refine…
Preeminent telescope to play critical role in better understanding sun, space weather. Just released first…
A new spacecraft is journeying to the Sun to snap the first pictures of the…
Presenting the changing activity of our Sun as seen by ESA’s Proba-2 satellite in 2019.…
Toward the end of 2017, a massive new region of magnetic field erupted on the…
NASA mission named for pioneering University of Chicago scientist produces landmark research. Last summer, NASA’s…
New data from the first two orbits by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. Outbursts of energetic…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has observed a magnetic explosion the likes of which have never…
The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the Sun than any mission…
In August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched to space, soon becoming the closest-ever spacecraft…
Earth’s magnetic song recorded for the first time during a solar storm Data from ESA’s…
An international team of scientists, including three researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),…
New observations of solar spicules, ubiquitous jet-like plasma features that punctuate the Sun’s atmosphere, suggest…
Today, November 11, 2019, we’re in for a rare treat, as the innermost planet, Mercury,…