Tag Archives: Helioseismology

NASA | First X-Class Solar Flares of 2013

Posted on July 4, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Published on May 13, 2013 On May 12-13 the sun erupted with an X1.7-class and an X2.8-class flare as well as two coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, off the upper left side of the sun. Solar material also danced and … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stars: the Real Music of the Spheres

Posted on July 1, 2013 by PlatoHagel

http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/sites/all/libraries/mediaplayer/player.swf Songs of the Stars: the Real Music of the Spheres Recording Details Speaker(s): Donald KurtzCollection/Series: Perimeter Institute Public Lecture Series Perimeter Institute Recorded Seminar Archive (PIRSA). Different oscillation modes penetrate to different depths inside a star. Asteroseismology (from Greek … Continue reading →

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NASA operates a system observatory of Heliophysics missions

Posted on May 2, 2013 by PlatoHagel

The Heliophysics System Observatory (HSO) showing current operating missions, missions in development, and missions under study. Credit: NASA NASA operates a system observatory of Heliophysics missions, utilizing the entire fleet of solar, heliospheric, and geospace spacecraft to discover the processes … Continue reading →

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Space Weather

Posted on May 2, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Circular Coronal Mass EjectionA coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from just around the edge of the sun on May 1, 2013, in a gigantic rolling wave. CMEs can shoot over a billion tons of particles into space at over a … Continue reading →

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Loop Production on the Sun

Posted on February 20, 2013 by PlatoHagel

On July 19, 2012, an eruption occurred on the sun that produced a moderately powerful solar flare and a dazzling magnetic display known as coronal rain. Hot plasma in the corona cooled and condensed along strong magnetic fields in the … Continue reading →

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Space Weather Now

Posted on September 3, 2012 by PlatoHagel

2012-09-03 15:14 UTC  G2 (Moderate) Geomagnetic Storm in Progress G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storming is ongoing now as a result of the coronal mass ejection (CME) arrival associated with the August 31st filament eruption.  Continued geomagnetic storming is expected in the near term … Continue reading →

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Radiation Belt Storms Probes Launched

Posted on August 31, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 NASA hosted a two-day event for 50 social media followers on August 22-23, 2012, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) are scheduled to lift off aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V … Continue reading →

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Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)

Posted on August 26, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The launch of an Atlas V carrying NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) payload was scrubbed today due to weather conditions associated with lightning, as well as cumulus and anvil clouds. With the unfavorable weather forecast as a result of … Continue reading →

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Songs of the Stars: the Real Music of the Spheres

Posted on April 24, 2012 by PlatoHagel

With the discovery of sound waves in the CMB, we have entered a new era of precision cosmology in which we can begin to talk with certainty about the origin of structure and the content of matter and energy in … Continue reading →

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Comet LoveJoy

Posted on December 16, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Comet Lovejoy seen by SOHO “On average, new Kreutz-group comets are discovered every few days by SOHO, but from the ground they are much rarer to see or discover,” says Karl Battams, Naval Research Laboratory, who curates the Sun-grazing comets … Continue reading →

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