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Scientists Find a New Way to Map the Sun’s Hidden Magnetic Field

NSF NSO, NSF NCAR HAO, and SwRI scientists have demonstrated a way to map the Sun’s 3D coronal magnetic field using existing ...
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Taming The Sun: An Update on the Massive Cooling Network of the NSF Inouye Solar Telescope

A RECENT SYSTEM OVERHAUL AND SMART AUTOMATION UPGRADES ENSURE THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLAR OBSERVATORY RUNS SUSTAINABLY WHILE PROTECTING ITSELF FROM EXTREME HEAT. SUMMARY: Two technical papers from the U ...
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Following the Sun’s Shadow: NSO and the 2026 Total Solar Eclipse in Spain

NSO Scientists And Students Joined The Nate 2027 Team For Last Week’s Eclipse; Nate Is A Science Initiative Led By The Instituto De Astrofísica De Canarias That Will Observe The Eclipse Of August 2, ...
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NSF Inouye Solar Telescope Enables Major Discovery of a Hidden Solar Process

Scientists using the U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope have made a major breakthrough in solar physics, discovering Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability on the surface of the ...
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Reading the Sun’s Fireworks: How Flare Ribbons Reveal Hidden Solar Explosions

INTRICATE, EVOLVING PATTERNS SEEN IN SOLAR FLARE RIBBONS WHEN A FLARE IS MOST INTENSE, PROVIDE A NEW WAY TO PROBE HIDDEN PROCESSES DRIVING ENERGY RELEASE IN THE SUN’S UPPER ATMOSPHERE. Summary: ...
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NSF-NOAA GONG Maps Hidden Magnetism on the Sun’s Far Side

SUMMARY: Understanding the Sun’s active regions is crucial for predicting space weather, but scientists have historically lacked continuous, detailed measurements of the Sun’s hidden far side. New ...
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Uncovering the Waves That Power the Sun’s Outer Atmosphere

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE NSF DANIEL K. INOUYE SOLAR TELESCOPE REVEAL FAST, PREVIOUSLY HARD-TO-DETECT WAVES RIPPLING THROUGH THE SUN’S OUTER ATMOSPHERE—THESE WAVES MAY HELP EXPLAIN HOW THE CORONA STAYS SO ...
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Dunn Solar Telescope: A 50 Year Retrospective

FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY, THE RICHARD B. DUNN SOLAR TELESCOPE, LOCATED AT SACRAMENTO PEAK OBSERVATORY, ALSO KNOWN AS SUNSPOT SOLAR OBSERVATORY, HIGH ABOVE ALAMOGORDO, NM, HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR ITS ...
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Two Eyes on the Sun: Unveiling Solar Dynamics with Coordinated Observations

SUMMARY: In October 2022, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope and the European Space Agency (ESA) Solar Orbiter carried out their first coordinated campaign, ...
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The Sun’s Atmosphere Pulses With Hidden Twisting Waves

SCIENTISTS SPOT LONG-HYPOTHESIZED TWISTING MAGNETIC WAVES IN THE SUN’S CORONA WITH NSF INOUYE SOLAR TELESCOPE, HINTING AT A HIDDEN ENGINE DRIVING KEY SOLAR PHENOMENA For more than half a century, ...
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30 Hours Worth of Cona Science-Data Released

In May 2025, the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory (NSF NSO) and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) revealed the clearest images ever captured of fine plasma ...
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NSO Receives Funding from NSF to Design the Next-Generation Solar Observing Network to Advance Solar Science and Space Weather Forecasting

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory (NSF NSO) will design a Next-Generation Ground-based Solar Observing Network (currently known as ngGONG) with $19 million in funding ...