Solar activity follows an 11‑year cycle. Here's how it controls eruptions and solar flares

When you look up at the sky on a sunny day, the sun might seem like a bright spot, unchanging in the sky. But the sun is a ...
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Groundbreaking achievement: NSF Daniel K. Inouye solar telescope produces its first magnetic field maps of the sun’s corona

Summary: The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world’s most powerful solar telescope, operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO), achieved a major ...
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For the first time, scientists mapped magnetic fields on the far side of the sun without seeing it

Scientists have found a way to identify magnetic fields on the far side of the sun, a region that cannot be seen from Earth. By studying sound waves moving through the star, they can now detect not ...