31 January 2020
First images of new solar telescope produces most detailed images of the Sun
... on our planet. Activity on the sun, known as space weather, can affect systems on Earth. Magnetic eruptions on the sun...telescope will improve our understanding of what drives space weather and ultimately help forecasters better predict solar storms...
11 July 2018
High hopes for Hi-C mission to reveal secrets of the Sun
...hour. These space weather events, when directed at Earth, can affect not only just our weather but the...Amy Winebarger, principal investigator for the Hi-C mission at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. “By studying how the Sun ...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
..., nowcast and forecast potentially dangerous solar events, ESA has initiated the assessment of two possible future space weather missions, positioning spacecraft in orbit at the Sun-Earth L1 and L5 Lagrange points. About the author Dr Delores Knipp...
10 May 2021
Sun's biggest outburst this cycle is sending solar storms to Earth and Mars
... the Mysteries of the Sun’s Poles. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are also launching a Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO) satellite designed to make direct, in-situ, measurements of the solar wind thermal plasma and magnetic...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
...to climate and weather, and have practical applications in many different areas such as space weather and radiation hazards.... datasets for operational services. Sentinel-1: This polar-orbiting, all-weather, day-and-night mission will enable a SAR in C...
June 2019
Solar superstorms and their effects on Earth
... the United States’ National Academy of Sciences produced a study called “The Societal and Economic Impact of Severe Space Weather”. The panel looked at past events and estimated what a severe geomagnetic storm would do to global infrastructure. They...
