Observing oscillations, flares and tornados on the sun

For six and a half days in July 2024, the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III kept its gaze fixed on the sun. The ...
SETI

10-Minute SNIFS Mission Takes a Closer Look at the Sun’s Dynamic Chromosphere

SNIFS mission team. Image Credit: NASA. On July 18, NASA successfully launched a sounding rocket mission from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, carrying a remarkable new technology. Its ...
Wired

NASA Gets a Quick Peek at a Mysterious Layer of the Sun

Imagine for a minute that you have been transported to the middle layers of the sun’s atmosphere. The sun’s surface, the “visible disc” scientists call the photosphere, boils below you, red-hot plasma ...
Yahoo

What are sounding rockets? NASA launch from New Mexico studies sun's mysterious chromosphere

States like Florida, Texas and California are no strangers to routine rocket launches − but New Mexico? Spacecraft also sometimes get off the ground from the state. Space news coverage may be ...
SpaceNews

Magnetic waves explain mystery of Sun’s outer layer

The Sun’s extremely hot outer layer, the corona, has a very different chemical composition from the cooler inner layers, but the reason for this has puzzled scientists for decades. One explanation is ...
SlashGear

NASA Missions Peer Into The Solar Chromosphere

The image below is of the solar chromosphere and was taken in 1999 during a total solar eclipse. The red and pink hues seen around the edges are created by light emitted by hydrogen. The bright colors ...
New Scientist

Sun's bumpy magnetic fields might explain why its atmosphere is so hot

A small sounding rocket that launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in 2019 is now helping us understand the different layers of the sun. Mapping the magnetic fields that control those ...