Tag: Sun
Researchers solve 20-year-old paradox in solar physics
A group of scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Instituto de Investigación Solar (IRSOL) of Locarno Monti has resolved a...
The sun’s clock: New calculations support and expand planetary hypothesis
Not only the 11-year cycle, but also all other periodic solar activity fluctuations can be clocked by planetary attractive forces. With new model calculations,...
SDO Watches Twisting Solar Material Over the Sun’s Surface
Solar material twists above the sun’s surface in this close-up captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on June 7-8, 2016, showcasing the turbulence caused...
Was Planet 9 once an exoplanet; stolen by our sun
Planet 9 was most likely stolen by our sun 4.5 billion years ago. Credit: Image courtesy of Lund University
Through a computer-simulated study, astronomers at...
Space mission first to observe key interaction between magnetic fields of...
This artist's rendition shows the four identical MMS spacecraft flying near the sun-facing boundary of Earth's magnetic field (blue wavy lines). The MMS mission...
Star with different internal driving force than the sun
On our star, the Sun, the sunspots are seen in a belt around the equator. Sunspots are cool areas caused by the strong magnetic...
