Europe's Solar Orbiter returns to Earth before going back deeper towards the Sun

5 days, 13 hours ago

Solar eruption on January 1 sparked auroras in Ladakh. Watch Video

As India entered 2025 on January 1, the skies over Hanle, Ladakh, were illuminated by a stunning aurora. The aurora was the result of a severe geomagnetic storm classified as G4 on the NOAA scale, indicating significant solar activity. AURORA AS SEEN IN HANLE This storm was one of the most powerful in over two decades, allowing auroras to be …

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Sun begins 2025 with a double bang, Earth glistens in bright auroras

India Today

As the world celebrated the arrival of 2025 with dazzling fireworks, Earth contributed its own breathtaking show: the northern lights. Two powerful coronal mass ejections from the Sun struck Earth's magnetic field on New Year’s Eve, igniting geomagnetic storms that painted the night sky with vibrant auroras visible as far south as California, Austria, and Germany. These solar phenomena unleashed …

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1 week, 4 days ago

How to see Aurora Borealis across the US on New Year’s Eve

The Independent

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Northern lights could appear after Sun hurls powerful solar flares towards Earth

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Sun has unleashed a set of powerful solar flare that could cause …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Sunspots and solar flares, created by the sun’s magnetism, can affect the Earth’s surface

Raw Story

Since ancient times, the sun has been known as a giver of light and heat, a source of life. Hale started his career studying the sun, and using polarized light, he showed that certain areas of the sun were highly magnetic, with fields thousands of times stronger than Earth’s. This explosive “solar flare” lasted only a few minutes, but within …

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2 weeks ago

2025 Solar activity: How solar flares and geomagnetic storms could disrupt earth

India TV News

The sun’s activity is set to remain intense throughout 2025, marking the solar maximum of Solar Cycle 25. While the cycle’s peak hasn’t been officially pinpointed, recent data reveals that Solar Cycle 25 has already surpassed the peak activity of Solar Cycle 24 in 2014. Key Events and Impacts in 2025 The heightened solar activity during the solar maximum could …

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2 weeks ago

How NASA's Parker Solar Probe got closer to the Sun than ever before on December 24?

India TV News

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is set to break records with its closest approach to the Sun on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024. Record-breaking close encounter The Parker Solar Probe will fly through the Sun's outer atmosphere, known as the corona, at an incredible speed of 692,000 kilometres per hour. Updates and tracking the Flyby Though the flyby will not be …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Equal to a trillion hydrogen bombs: Is the Sun readying for a violent super explosion?

India Today

An international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research has unveiled groundbreaking findings regarding sun-like stars, revealing that these stars produce gigantic outbursts of radiation, known as superflares, approximately once every hundred years. Superflares release energy levels exceeding those of a trillion hydrogen bombs, dwarfing all previously recorded solar flares. Prof. Dr. Sami Solanki, …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Nasa spacecraft attempts to make history with closest-ever approach to the sun

The Independent

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

NASA probe attempts closest ever approach to the sun

Al Jazeera

With the spacecraft out of contact, it will be Friday before mission operators confirm its historic flyby. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is expected to make history by flying into the sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona, on a mission to help scientists learn more about Earth’s closest star. When the probe first passed into the solar atmosphere in 2021, it …

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Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun: Nasa won't know if it's dead or alive till...

India Today

Nasa's Parker Solar Probe is gearing up for a historic flyby of the Sun on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, when it will pass within approximately 6.1 million kilometers of the Sun's surface. Nick Pinkine, mission operations manager for the Parker Solar Probe, expressed excitement about the upcoming flyby, stating, “No human-made object has ever passed this close to a …

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3 weeks ago

A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time

Wired

Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore. And the Parker Solar Probe also has the distinction of being the first NASA spacecraft named after a living person. Before moving to NASA headquarters, Fox was the project scientist for the Parker Solar Probe, and she explained that scientists really want to understand the origins of the solar …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Artificial solar eclipse: Why are satellites trying to block the sun?

Al Jazeera

The European Space Agency launches Proba-3 to create an artificial solar eclipse and study the sun’s atmosphere, the corona. When you see a solar eclipse, you often think of the moon passing between the Earth and the sun, then temporarily blocking the sun’s light from reaching Earth. However, last week, the European Space Agency launched two spacecraft that will aim …

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1 month ago

Total Solar Eclipse in 2024 created gravity waves, ripples in Earth's atmosphere

India Today

Eclipses can generate ripples in Earth’s atmosphere called atmospheric gravity waves. Similar to how water forms waves when disturbed, air in the atmosphere reacts in the same way when influenced by a dramatic event like a solar eclipse. During the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse, scientists observed the ionosphere — a charged layer in Earth’s upper atmosphere — rising …

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1 month ago

India's Aditya-L1 mission reveals fresh details about solar coronal mass ejections

India TV News

Indian researchers have made exciting discoveries about the Sun using the Aditya-L1 mission, which is India's first space-based solar observatory. This mission focuses on studying Coronal Mass Ejections, which are massive bursts of solar materials and magnetic energy that shoot out from the Sun's outer layer. During this CME event, scientists noticed "coronal dimming," which is when a certain area …

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1 month ago

Aditya L1 reveals previously unknown details about coronal mass ejection on the Sun

India Today

Indian researchers using the Aditya-L1 mission, India’s first space-based solar observatory, have made groundbreaking discoveries about Coronal Mass Ejections —giant bursts of solar plasma and magnetic fields ejected from the Sun's outer atmosphere. The VELC allowed scientists to study the Sun’s corona in green light emitted at a wavelength of 5303, generated by iron atoms at temperatures exceeding one million …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Aditya-L1's latest findings will help power grids and satellites during intense solar activities

Firstpost

At the heart of this finding is Adity-L1’s Velc instrument, a coronagraph designed to simulate the effects of a total solar eclipse. While ground-based observers typically see the Sun as an orange blaze, Velc blocks out its brightest layer, the photosphere, to reveal the faint yet critical solar corona India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission has notched up its first major achievement, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

This is the clearest and closest picture of the Sun ever taken

India Today

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission has captured the highest-resolution full views of the Sun's visible surface to date, offering scientists an unprecedented look at our star's complex and dynamic nature. The PHI instrument has provided remarkable images of the Sun's photosphere, revealing not only its visible surface but also mapping its magnetic field and surface movements. Daniel Muller, …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

NASA completes spacecraft for TRACERS mission to investigate hazardous solar storms

The Independent

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

'Party atmosphere': Skygazers treated to another aurora show

Raw Story

Scientist Jim Wild has travelled to the Arctic Circle numerous times to study the northern lights, but on Thursday night he only needed to look out of his bedroom window in the English city of Lancaster. "All the little back roads and parking spots were full of people with flasks of coffee and deck chairs looking at the northern lights," …

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3 months ago

Geomagnetic storm could stress power grids as US deals with major hurricanes

The Independent

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3 months ago

Solar storm could disrupt communications and display northern lights to parts of California

LA Times

This photo provided by NASA, taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows a solar flare, the bright flash in the center of the image on Oct. 3, 2024. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a severe geomagnetic storm watch that could disrupt communications, the power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations but also generate a nighttime light show. …

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3 months ago

Historic solar flare heading to Earth will trigger stunning auroras across the northern US - here's where to see the phenomenon

Daily Mail

The sun released a historic solar flare on Thursday, which is set to trigger glorious auroras across the northern US when it hits our planet. Stunning auroras are set to be visible in several US states starting Friday through Sunday, with experts predicting the best views will be seen on Saturday Silvia Dalla, professor of solar physics at the University …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Powerful solar flare is headed towards Earth, Nasa says

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists find evidence of past solar storms that would have catastrophic impact on Earth today

The Independent

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Northern lights: ‘Unbelievable scene’ of green skies as aurora borealis illuminates parts of UK

The Independent

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Solar storms may cause faint auroras overnight in parts of Northern Hemisphere

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Mystery of how solar wind gets energy even after leaving the sun solved

India Today

For decades, astronomers have been puzzled by the mechanisms behind the Sun's supersonic solar wind, a stream of energetic particles that flows throughout the solar system. A recent study published in the journal Science presents compelling evidence that the fastest solar winds are powered by magnetic "switchbacks," or large kinks in the Sun's magnetic field. "Our study addresses a huge …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Something exploded behind the Sun. Venus is in the firing line

India Today

A mysterious explosion occurred behind the sun's southeastern limb on September 1, launching a significant coronal mass ejection into space. This marks the third CME to hit Venus in just a few days, gradually eroding the planet's cloudtops, which lack the protective magnetic field found on Earth. As it rotates toward Earth, scientists are closely monitoring its activity, though our …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Stargazing event promotes dark sky tourism in Hami

China Daily

An engineer from the China StarVision Alliance prepares a livestreaming session at the Taku Karez site. In the evening, while livestreaming the Perseid meteor shower, the photographers suddenly realized there were not only shooting stars falling across the night sky, but also a rare pinkish aurora dancing in the northern sky. The astronomic wonder mesmerized the photographers and their excitement …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Earth hit by most powerful solar storm in decades – and more could come

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Faint auroras may be visible in Northern Hemisphere skies after weekend solar storms

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Solar storms persisting from the weekend may produce faint colorful auroras across the Northern Hemisphere, with little disruption to power and communications, space forecasters said Monday. The sun has shot out at least five strong solar flares since Saturday containing clouds of high-energy plasma that can interfere with power grids and scramble GPS signals, according to the U.S. …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Solar storms could cause more auroras

Hindustan Times

Massive explosions on the Sun have triggered warnings of geomagnetic storms that could create dazzling auroras in the northern United States, Europe and southern Australia from Tuesday night. "We've seen several large coronal mass ejections plasma and other material from the sun's surface shooting out into space," Mike Bettwy, operations chief of the US-based Space Weather Prediction Center, told AFP …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Sun may be starting next solar cycle even though it’s only halfway through current one

The Independent

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6 months, 1 week ago

Beyond the aurorae: How solar flares spill out across the Solar System

BBC

Beyond the aurorae: How solar flares spill out across the Solar System Nasa/SDO The Sun is extremely active right now, blasting the Earth with the biggest solar storms in 20 years. Currently the spacecraft is "on the far side of the Sun as seen from Earth", says Daniel Müller, project scientist for the Solar Orbiter mission at Esa in the …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Sunspot that caused intense solar storms makes dramatic comeback

The Independent

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7 months ago

Aditya-L1 satellite data shows Sun heating up, 'moving towards solar maximum'

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation has revealed the data captured by the Aditya-L1 satellite -- India’s maiden mission to the Sun -- and warned that the brightest star in the ecosystem is moving towards the solar maximum, giving rise to enhanced activity. The Active region AR13664 on the Sun, during its passage between May 8 – 15, 2024, erupted …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Solar storms: From farmers to flights, how space weather is messing everything up

The Independent

In September 1859, two telegraph operators 100 miles apart turned off the power to their stations to wait out a period of unusual electromagnetic activity. With the return of the AR 13697 sunspot this week, some space weather experts are warning that even more severe solar storms could be on their way. open image in gallery Aurora forecast for 10-11 …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Auroras Should Be Spectacular This Summer, Thanks to Solar Maximum

Wired

Auroras filled much of the world’s skies for several nights in mid-May as a historic geomagnetic storm coursed 100 kilometers above our heads. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, are more common during and just after solar maximum, and it’s these that are responsible for vivid auroras. The great aurora show on May 10, 2024, was the result …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sun's magnetic field may form close to the surface: new study

The Hindu

New research indicates the sun’s magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than previously thought, a finding that could help predict periods of extreme solar storms like the ones that slammed Earth earlier this month. The sun’s intense magnetic energy is the source of solar flares and eruptions of plasma known as coronal mass ejections. Solar flares and coronal …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Astronomers shed new light on puzzling origins of Sun’s magnetic field

The Independent

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Scientists reveal shock findings about the Sun’s magnetic field

The Independent

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sun’s Magnetic Field May Form Close to the Surface. This Finding Could Improve Solar Storm Forecasts

Deccan Chronicle

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — New research indicates the sun’s magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than previously thought, a finding that could help predict periods of extreme solar storms like the ones that slammed Earth earlier this month. The sun’s intense magnetic energy is the source of solar flares and eruptions of plasma known as coronal mass ejections. …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sun’s magnetic field may form close to the surface. This finding could improve solar storm forecasts

Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — New research indicates the sun’s magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than previously thought, a finding that could help predict periods of extreme solar storms like the ones that slammed Earth earlier this month. The sun’s intense magnetic energy is the source of solar flares and eruptions of plasma known as coronal mass ejections. …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

More solar storms brewing after last week’s aurorae as Sun ‘wakes up’

The Hindu

On Friday night, people from across the world were treated to a rare spectacle: vivid aurorae hanging like curtains of light in the sky. Surging currents “This is definitely a sign that the Sun is ‘waking up’ and is becoming more active, especially compared to the last solar cycle,” Jonathon Eastwood, a space physicist at Imperial College London, the UK, …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades, but Earth should be out of the way this time

Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places. Bryan Brasher at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado said it may turn out to have been even stronger when scientists gather data from other sources. NASA …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in nearly a decade, but Earth should be safe this time

The Independent

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Dazzling Northern Lights displays bid adieu as historic geomagnetic storm fades away

Hindustan Times

The weekend's historic geomagnetic storm gave way to the mesmerising, twinkling display of the Northern Lights in the US. The National Oceania and Atmospheric Administration describes a geomagnetic storm as “a major disturbance of Earth's magnetosphere that occurs when there is a very efficient exchange of energy from the solar wind into the space environment surrounding Earth.” Fox Weather reported …

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8 months ago

Aurora illuminates sky in Ladakh's Hanle as extreme solar storm hits Earth: 'Extraordinarily beautiful'

Hindustan Times

An extremely strong solar storm that recently hit Earth prompted a stunning display of colours in various parts of the world, including one of the remotest villages in India, Hanle - located in Ladakh. Instagram user Vincent Ledvina shared a video that shows how his curiosity helped him witness the beauty of the aurora in Hanle. “Stable Auroral Red Arcs …

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