Science news articles about 'solar wind'Hinode: new insights on the origin of solar wind
... images and data from the Hinode mission have shed new light on the Sun's magnetic field and the origins of solar wind, which can disrupt power grids, satellites and communications on Earth.Solar Wind Challenge: Two BU Astronomers Research Profs Will Debate Differing Theories Of Origin
The solar wind -- a stream of electrically-charged particles and magnetic fields that blows outward from the sun and streams past Earth and through the solar system in all directions at speeds of a ... UI researchers make first measurements of the solar wind termination shock
... according to a paper published in the July 3 issue of the journal Nature. At the termination shock the solar wind, which continuously expands outward from the sun at over a million miles per hour, is ... Heliosphere Versus Heliopause - Hot Solar Wind Meets Cold Interstellar Space
... tenuous to be seen by normal optical telescopes."
The heliosphere is a volume over which the effects of the solar wind extend, stretching from the sun to more than twice the distance of Pluto. Beyond ... Ulysses Reveals Global Solar Wind Plasma Output at 50-Year Low
Data from the Ulysses spacecraft show the sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings became available.Solar wind blows at 50-year low
The solar wind - the stream of charged particles billowing away from the Sun - is at its weakest for 50 years.Solar Wind Rips Up Martian Atmosphere
The solar wind appears to be ripping big chunks of air from the atmosphere of Mars. This could help solve a longstanding mystery about the Red Planet.Breathing cycles in Earth's upper atmosphere tied to solar wind disturbances
... known to expand and contract on a 27-day solar rotation period due to changes in extreme ... Advanced composition Explorer satellite to measure the solar wind properties, The research was funded by a five ... Moondust in the Wind
... the moon is directly exposed to charged particles from the sun. What happens to moondust under the onslaught of solar wind? Researchers in a NASA-supported lab are finding some surprising answers.Voyager 2 Proves Solar System is Squashed
... 's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin, Voyager 1, into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas ... NIST assists in solar stake-out to improve space weather forecasts
... -borne check-ups of key instruments aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). From one multi-year ... Changes in the sun's magnetic field driven by the solar wind in turn affect the Earth's atmospheric ... 'Impressionist' Spacecraft to View Solar System's Invisible Frontier
... never before experienced during its then 26-year cruise through the solar system — an invisible shock formed as the solar wind piles up against the gas in interstellar space. This boundary, ... Theory of the sun's role in formation of the solar system questioned
... gas and dust coalesced to form the planets and will help this team and others interpret samples of the solar wind returned by NASA's Genesis spacecraft.
Atomic Shield
Scientists think the early ... NASA spacecraft ready to explore outer solar system
... version of the particles IBEX will observe in the heliosphere. The heliosphere is an area that contains the solar wind. It stretches from the sun to a distance several times the orbit of Pluto.
IBEX ... NASA sends probe to study edge of solar system
The US space agency was on Sunday to launch a space probe that will go into orbit high above earth to study the distant edge of the solar system where hot solar winds crash into the cold outer space.
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Hinode: new insights on the origin of solar wind
... images and data from the Hinode mission have shed new light on the Sun's magnetic field and the origins of solar wind, which can disrupt power grids, satellites and communications on Earth.Solar Wind Challenge: Two BU Astronomers Research Profs Will Debate Differing Theories Of Origin
The solar wind -- a stream of electrically-charged particles and magnetic fields that blows outward from the sun and streams past Earth and through the solar system in all directions at speeds of a ...UI researchers make first measurements of the solar wind termination shock
... according to a paper published in the July 3 issue of the journal Nature. At the termination shock the solar wind, which continuously expands outward from the sun at over a million miles per hour, is ...Heliosphere Versus Heliopause - Hot Solar Wind Meets Cold Interstellar Space
... tenuous to be seen by normal optical telescopes." The heliosphere is a volume over which the effects of the solar wind extend, stretching from the sun to more than twice the distance of Pluto. Beyond ...Ulysses Reveals Global Solar Wind Plasma Output at 50-Year Low
Data from the Ulysses spacecraft show the sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings became available.Solar wind blows at 50-year low
The solar wind - the stream of charged particles billowing away from the Sun - is at its weakest for 50 years.Solar Wind Rips Up Martian Atmosphere
The solar wind appears to be ripping big chunks of air from the atmosphere of Mars. This could help solve a longstanding mystery about the Red Planet.Breathing cycles in Earth's upper atmosphere tied to solar wind disturbances
... known to expand and contract on a 27-day solar rotation period due to changes in extreme ... Advanced composition Explorer satellite to measure the solar wind properties, The research was funded by a five ...Moondust in the Wind
... the moon is directly exposed to charged particles from the sun. What happens to moondust under the onslaught of solar wind? Researchers in a NASA-supported lab are finding some surprising answers.Voyager 2 Proves Solar System is Squashed
... 's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin, Voyager 1, into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas ...NIST assists in solar stake-out to improve space weather forecasts
... -borne check-ups of key instruments aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). From one multi-year ... Changes in the sun's magnetic field driven by the solar wind in turn affect the Earth's atmospheric ...'Impressionist' Spacecraft to View Solar System's Invisible Frontier
... never before experienced during its then 26-year cruise through the solar system — an invisible shock formed as the solar wind piles up against the gas in interstellar space. This boundary, ...Theory of the sun's role in formation of the solar system questioned
... gas and dust coalesced to form the planets and will help this team and others interpret samples of the solar wind returned by NASA's Genesis spacecraft. Atomic Shield Scientists think the early ...NASA spacecraft ready to explore outer solar system
... version of the particles IBEX will observe in the heliosphere. The heliosphere is an area that contains the solar wind. It stretches from the sun to a distance several times the orbit of Pluto. IBEX ...NASA sends probe to study edge of solar system
The US space agency was on Sunday to launch a space probe that will go into orbit high above earth to study the distant edge of the solar system where hot solar winds crash into the cold outer space.