Tag Archives: Sun

Quantum Chromodynamics

Posted on January 23, 2015 by PlatoHagel

Source – http://serious-science.org/videos/1060 Nobel Prize laureate David Gross on Rutherford experiments, asymptotic freedom, and the origin of the particle masses Dialogos of Eide

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The Axion of the Quark Gluon Pasma?

Posted on December 29, 2014 by PlatoHagel

In physics, an anomalon is a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large reactive cross section. They were first noticed in experimental runs in the early 1980s as short tracks in film emulsions or plastic leaf detectors … Continue reading →

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IRIS(Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph) and the Latest

Posted on October 19, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) Graphic of proposed IRIS spacecraft. The IRIS instrument is a multi-channel imaging spectrograph with a 20 cm UV telescope. IRIS will obtain spectra along a slit (1/3 arcsec wide), and slit-jaw images. Credit: NASA The … Continue reading →

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Stellar flares seen from a nearby red dwarf star.

Posted on October 1, 2014 by PlatoHagel

On April 23, NASA’s Swift satellite detected the strongest, hottest, and longest-lasting sequence of stellar flares ever seen from a nearby red dwarf star. The initial blast from this record-setting series of explosions was as much as 10,000 times more … Continue reading →

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Ovation Aurora

Posted on September 10, 2014 by PlatoHagel

The Space Weather Prediction Center and the Space Weather Prediction Testbed have introduced a new Auroral Forecast test product in an effort to improve services to current customers and expand our customer base with new products. The Auroral Forecast product … Continue reading →

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The Sun Current

Posted on September 8, 2014 by PlatoHagel

“Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams.” Here is a movie of the event. Can be seen on YouTube as well See: SDO Dialogos of Eide

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The Sun

Posted on July 24, 2014 by PlatoHagel

24 July 2014 – Mission Day: 6810 – DOY: 205 “Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams.” *** Spun and Confused Published on Jul 21, 2014 A long arch of plasma (called a prominence) was pulled … Continue reading →

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Puffing in Large Scale Interactions

Posted on June 29, 2014 by PlatoHagel

This combination of three wavelengths of light from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows one of the multiple jets that led to a series of slow coronal puffs on Jan. 17, 2013. The light has been colorized in red, green and … Continue reading →

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BICEP2 Observatory in Antarctica

Posted on March 17, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Cosmic searches at the South Pole. The BICEP-2 Telescope is the up-facing dish at right. The larger white dish is the South Pole Telescope (SPT), and the building is the Dark Sector Laboratory. Both experiments observe in the millimeter-submillimeter part … Continue reading →

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Wavelength Views of the Sun

Posted on December 18, 2013 by PlatoHagel

This movie, created by NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., shows how features of the sun can appear dramatically different when viewed in different wavelengths. Image Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Telescopes … Continue reading →

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