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Researchers shed new light on solar flares
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 19 (ANI): Plasma astrophysicists at KU Leuven have created the first self-consistent simulation of the physical processes that occur during a solar flare. The researchers used Flemish supercomputers and a new combination of physical models.
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Astronomers unveil the magnetic field of the solar corona
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Honolulu [Hawaii], June 5 (ANI): While the world has been dealing with the corona virus pandemic, researchers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have been hard at work studying the solar corona, the outermost atmosphere of the Sun which expands into interplanetary spac
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Earth's early magnetic field stronger than previously thought: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): The earth's invisible yet vital magnetic field exists as a result of hot molten iron flowing through its outer core. It is one of the primary factors that made our planet conducive for harbouring life. The magnetic fulfils its protective role by shielding
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NJIT scientists measure evolving energy of first minutes of a solar flare
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Jersey [US], Jan 18 (ANI): Toward the end of 2017, a massive new region of magnetic field erupted on the Sun's surface next to an existing sunspot. The powerful collision of magnetic energy produced a series of potent solar flares, causing turbulent space weather conditions at Earth.
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Hot gas feeds formation of material in spiral arms of Milky Way Galaxy
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], Jan 14 (ANI): A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy has recently gained insights about the origin of material present in the spiral arms of Milky Way Galaxy.
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A new adhesive which debonds in magnetic field can reduce landfill waste
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 4 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Sussex have developed a glue, which can unstick when placed in a magnetic field.
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Technique uses magnets, light to control and reconfigure soft robots: Stud
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 4 (ANI): Researchers have developed a technique that allows them to remotely control the movement of robots, lock them into position for as long as needed and reconfigure them later into new shapes, with the help of light and magnetic fields.
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A repeating fast radio burst from an extragalactic source detected
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.], Jan. 11 (ANI): Newly-detected bursts of radio waves indicate the presence of an environment near a massively huge black hole or inside a nebula of exceptionally extraordinary power. The unprecedentedly potent magnetic field in the source's environment could be the rea
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