October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
... for military missions including missile warning, signals intelligence and data relay. Science missions, including the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a programme designed to help us understand the Sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space, have also...
08 April 2019
Rain on the Sun links long-standing solar mysteries
... challenging though. However, after months of searching through years worth of data taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, Emily Mason, a solar scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center stumbled upon a breakthrough; the rain was...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
.... A long filament erupted on the Sun on 31 August 2012 and was imaged by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Earth is a constantly bombarded not just by solar radiation but by cosmic radiation originating from the nuclear reactions in stars, from...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
...at frequent intervals sending electromagnetic particles towards Earth. This eruption, on 31 August 2012, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), lasted for over 12 hours. Magnetic navigation We are fortunate to have a magnetic field that...
March 2015
Space weather: the public & policy
... make better, more robust decisions that reflect public values and societal implications. A solar eruption on 16 April 16 2012 captured here by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Such events contribute to space weather Thus the Space Weather Public...
16 October 2015
Photos released of large hole in sun’s corona
... the cause of the light show, courtesy of NASA’s orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory, have been released. On October 10, the hole in ....com reported. The hole’s size has generated a stronger solar wind, which brought more intensity and a wider reach to...
