Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ESA's Solar Orbiter mission will face the Sun from within the orbit of Mercury at its closest approach. (CREDIT: ESA) The star at ...

Our Sun may appear calm from Earth’s vantage point, but the space surrounding it is a tumultuous environment. Recent studies, such as one led by the team at theLeibniz Institute for Astrophysics ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Study Traces High-Speed Electrons Back to 2 Types of Solar Eruptions Our sun can seem deceptively peaceful from Earth, but only ...

Using a new method, physicists found a way to 'catapult' electrons across solar materials in quadrillionths of a second.

ESA orbiters watched a May 2024 solar superstorm flood Mars’ upper air with electrons and trigger spacecraft glitches. (CREDIT: SOHO (ESA & NASA), NASA/SDO/AIA, JHelioviewer/D. Müller) A storm from ...

Solar energetic particle (SEP) events and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are central features of solar activity that significantly influence space weather. SEPs are high‐energy particles expelled ...

Solar Orbiter observed more than 300 bursts of ‘Solar Energetic Electrons’ between November 2020 and December 2022. For the first time, we clearly see the connection between the energetic electrons in ...

Solar Orbiter has identified the Sun’s dual “engines” for superfast electrons: explosive flares and sweeping coronal mass ejections. By catching over 300 events close to their origin, the mission has ...

Commonly seen velocity dispersion feature is marked with blue circles in lower energy range observed by Solar Orbiter, while the onset of inverse velocity particles is indicated with orange triangles ...

Scientists have discovered how solar activity affects the velocity distribution and evolution of helium pickup ions. Southwest Research Institute scientists have discovered how solar activity affects ...

The star at the center of the solar system does more than provide light and warmth. It also acts as the most powerful particle accelerator in the neighborhood, whipping electrons to near-light speed ...