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World’s Largest Solar Telescope Just Revealed a Sunspot Bigger Than the U.S. – Here’s What It Means for Earth!
In a groundbreaking achievement for solar astronomy, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), the world’s largest solar ...
IFLScience on MSN19h
Peer Into The Changing Heart Of A Sunspot In One Of The Highest-Resolution Images Of The Sun
Thanks to Inouye, as well as NASA’s Parker Solar Probe – the fastest human-made object in space – and the incredible European ...
A Double Sunblast Could Mean Auroras Over the U.S. This Week
An uncommon double solar eruption has sent two coronal mass ejections towards Earth, which are expected to arrive Wednesday.
Interesting Engineering on MSN1d
World's largest solar telescope captures sun's surface with unmatched clarity
The telescope has been installed with the world's largest spectro-polarimeter, the Visible Tunable Filter (VTF).
There's still a chance to see northern lights in some states tonight: Here's what to know
The northern lights revealed themselves to a handful of states Tuesday, but if you missed out, you still have a chance to ...
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We’ve hit the Solar Maximum, what does this mean for our Northern Lights chances this summer?
NOAA announced they feel Solar Cycle 25 has reached its peak. They counted 216 sunspots in August 2024. Since the peak count, ...
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New solar camera captures stunning details of the sun from Hawaii’s mountaintop
At the core of the VTF are two extremely precise devices called Fabry-Pérot interferometers. These instruments scan the sun’s ...
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 ...
IFLScience on MSN5d
Obscure 100-Year Solar Cycle May Have Hit Minimum – Expect More Activity For Decades To Come
T he Sun goes through an 11-year cycle of activity, going from the solar maximum, where it is covered in many sunspots and is more likely to have flares and coronal mass ejections, to the minimum, ...
Space.com24d
Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming?
After last week's explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again! Could this latest eruption bring stormy space weather to Earth?
Largest imaging spectro-polarimeter achieves first light at solar telescope
The U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's most powerful solar telescope, operated by ...
Worcester Telegram on MSN4d
What will Fourth of July, Labor Day weather be like? See Farmers' Almanac summer forecast
It could be a scorching hot summer, according to the Farmers' Almanac. Here's its forecast for Fourth of July, Labor Day.