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Northern Lights: Earth-Facing ‘Hole In The Sun’ Could Trigger Auroras This Week
The Northern Lights or aurora borealis may be visible in the U.S. this week due to a coronal hole and a "co-rotating ...
New study reveals how solar coronal holes spray solar wind like a sun garden hose
Scientists from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, together with scientists from the University of Graz, ...
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How coronal holes propel supersonic solar wind?
When fast solar wind streams collide with slower ones, they create massive spiraling structures known as corotating ...
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Rare Isotope of Helium Seen Blasting From a Hole in The Sun
A giant, gaping hole that opened up in the Sun's atmosphere has been identified as the source of a surprising abundance of a ...
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Rare Helium Blast From the Sun Leaves Researchers Stunned—‘We’ve Never Seen This Before’
Researchers have identified the origin of the highest-ever recorded concentration of a rare helium isotope (³He) emitted from the Sun, marking a major breakthrough in the study of solar energetic ...
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"Severe" solar storm alert issued, auroras expected farther south
A blast of charged particles from the Sun - a G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storm - is currently sweeping past our planet. Auroras ...
NASA’s PUNCH Mission Kicks Off With Dazzling First Images of the Sun
PUNCH, a bold new NASA mission, has successfully taken its first images of the Sun’s corona from orbit using four ...
Northern Lights Forecast: Geomagnetic Storms Could Bring Aurora Borealis To These 10 States Tonight
A spot on the sun’s surface will likely disrupt Earth’s magnetic field, pulling the phenomenon to more states, forecasters ...
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The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which has been monitoring the sun from Earth orbit since 2010, followed up on the ...
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Northern lights ignite night sky after rare double solar eruption, and more are forecast for tonight
Solar eruptions created a northern lights display in North America and Europe overnight, with more auroras expected through Thursday.
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NASA's PUNCH mission captures first images of sun's outer atmosphere
NASA's PUNCH mission has captured its first images of the sun's outer atmosphere, marking a key milestone in understanding ...
Tiny Solar Jet Sparks 200,000x Surge in Rare Helium-3, Stunning Scientists
A solar jet captured by the Solar Orbiter unleashed a mind-blowing 200,000-fold increase in a rare helium isotope, 3He – far surpassing anything ever recorded. Scientists traced it to a quiet region ...