25 November 2020
Solar astronomers "listening" to the Sun can now predict future sunspots
... and track active regions emergent on the far side of the Sun has important implications for future space weather predictive capabilities,” said Dr. Carrie Black, Program Director at NSF. “GONG continues to be a valuable tool for both fundamental...
July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... an assessment of the United States’ “capacity to monitor and forecast potentially harmful space weather” and the UK government unveiled a forecasting initiative for space weather to “help protect the technologies our day-to-day lives depend on”. The...
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 ...
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...
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...
