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Russian astronomers observe 17 solar flares coinciding with global heat wa
Updated : 8 months ago IST
The Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Solar Physics have captured footage showing intense solar flare activity, coinciding with heat waves sweeping across various regions around the world.
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ISRO captures signatures of recent solar eruptive events from Earth, Sun-E
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
ISRO mobilised all its observation platforms and systems to record the signatures of the powerful solar storm that impacted Earth on Saturday. Both Aditya-L1 and Chandrayaan-2 have made observations and signatures have been analysed.
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Solar storm threatens celestial spectacle, Earth's communications
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The rarity of this solar storm harks back to October 2003, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center, marking a significant celestial occurrence not witnessed in many years.
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Aditya-L1 captures first high-energy X-ray glimpse of solar flares
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The X-ray spectrometer, HEL1OS, attached to Aditya-L1 spacecraft by ISRO for its maiden solar mission, captured the first high-energy X-ray glimpse of solar flares.
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Aditya-L1 will study solar flares, wind which affect weather: Former ISRO
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahead of the launch of India's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1, former ISRO scientist Tapan Misra said that it is an important project to study solar flares and the solar wind affect the weather.
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Study offers explanation for unusual motions in solar flares
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Massachusetts [US], February 7 (ANI): Solar flames are defined as an intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. They are seen as bright areas on the sun and they can last from minutes to hours. In January 1999, scientists observed mysterio
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NASA Sun data helps new model predict big solar flares
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 1 (ANI): Using data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, scientists have developed a new model that successfully predicted seven of the Sun's biggest flares from the last solar cycle, out of a set of nine.
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Solar Orbiter's first images reveal 'campfires' on Sun
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 16 (ANI): The first images from Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission by ESA and NASA, have revealed omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed 'campfires,' near the surface of our closest star.
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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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KU Leuven researchers shed new light on solar flares
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (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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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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