Did Sun's UV radiation cause Neptune clouds to vanish? Will it affect Earth? Know in detailsThe Hubble Space Telescope observed a significant reduction in Neptune's cloud cover. Researchers discovered that solar UV radiation influe...
29 Jun, 2024, 01.56 AM IST
Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decadesFlorida witnessed its strongest sun flare in almost 20 years, part of the 11-year solar cycle peak. The X8.7-rated flare, captured by NASA'...
15 May, 2024, 10.03 AM IST
Aditya L1, India's first space-based solar observatory, reaches destinationAditya L1, India's first space-based solar observatory has successfully reached an orbit around its intended destination: the Sun-Earth Lag...
06 Jan, 2024, 10.17 PM IST
Aditya-L1, ISRO'S first solar spacecraft enters Sun's final orbitIndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has achieved a major milestone as they successfully completed the last manoeuvre to position the ...
06 Jan, 2024, 04.43 PM IST
Powerful solar flare knocks out radio communications. All about solar storms and their effects on EarthNASA has captured the brightly colored imagery of a fiery flash on the sun’s surface, the phenomenon known as a Coronal Mass Ejection. It h...
16 Dec, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
Biggest solar flare in years temporarily disrupts radio signals on EarthMultiple pilots reported communication disruptions, with the impact felt across the country, said the government's Space Weather Prediction...
15 Dec, 2023, 10.04 PM IST
Solar exploration: A sunrace of significant global missionsProba-2 is the second of the Proba series, building on nearly eight years of successful Proba-1 experience, even as Proba-1 was not a solar...
02 Sep, 2023, 05.09 PM IST
Explained: Sun did not break off its chunk, just a normal solar activityA solar prominence (also known as a filament when viewed against the solar disk) is a large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun'...
13 Feb, 2023, 11.49 AM IST
On Halloween, NASA shares 'solar jack-o-lantern' with ghoulish grinA jack-o'-lantern is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin for Halloween nights and has a ghoulish grin.
01 Nov, 2022, 11.21 AM IST
NASA captures Sun smiling! Photo insideIt may surprise you but NASA has captured the sun smiling in its latest photo! NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory found that the sun's atmos...
31 Oct, 2022, 08.17 AM IST
Novel technique for tracking eruptions from sun to be used in India's first solar missionA software named Computer Aided CME Tracking Software based on a computer vision algorithm was so far used to detect and characterise such ...
01 Apr, 2021, 06.08 PM IST
- Sounding rocket to take 1,500 images of Sun in five minutes
Washington, May 5 (IANS) Scientists will launch on Friday a sounding rocket 320 kms up into the atmosphere, where in just five minutes, it ...
05 May, 2017, 12.10 PM IST
Earth-like planetary waves discovered on SunOn Earth, Rossby waves are associated with the path of the jet stream and the formation of low- and high-pressure systems, which in turn in...
28 Mar, 2017, 03.59 PM IST
- Earth-life planetary waves discovered around Sun
New York, March 28 (IANS) The same kind of large-scale planetary waves that meander through the atmosphere high above Earth's surface may a...
28 Mar, 2017, 02.59 PM IST
NASA spacecraft captures giant filament on SunAn image captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on February 10 shows the filament of solar material hovering above the Sun's s...
12 Feb, 2015, 05.02 PM IST
NASA spots giant filament on the SunNASA astronomers have observed a snaking, extended filament of solar material that lies on front of Sun - some 1 million miles across from ...
07 Oct, 2014, 04.17 PM IST
Solar tsunami helps measure Sun's magnetic field accuratelyNASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Japanese Hinode spacecraft have observed a solar tsunami to provide the first accurate esti...
13 Jul, 2013, 10.13 AM IST