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NASA, ESA Missions Help Scientists Uncover How Solar Wind Gets Energy
5 min read
Since the 1960s, astronomers have wondered how the Sun’s supersonic “solar wind,” a stream of energetic particles that flows out…
Article3 weeks ago
How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades
5 min read
May 2024 has already proven to be a particularly stormy month for our Sun. During the first full week of…
Article4 months ago
Flashes on the Sun Could Help Scientists Predict Solar Flares
3 min read
In the blazing upper atmosphere of the Sun, a team of scientists have found new clues that could help predict…
Article2 years ago
NASA’s MinXSS Instrument CubeSat Launches to Study Sun’s Flares
2 min read
The Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer 3, or MinXSS-3, successfully launched on the InspireSat-1 small satellite at 7:29 p.m. EST on Feb.…
Article3 years ago
NASA Sun Data Helps New Model Predict Big Solar Flares
4 min read
Using data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, scientists have developed a new model that successfully predicted seven of…
Article4 years ago
NASA Retires Prolific Solar Observatory After 16 Years
10 min read
Every morning for the past 16 years, solar physicist Säm Krucker sat down at his desk to check the latest…
Article6 years ago
