SCIENTISTS HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW TECHNIQUE THAT COMBINES OBSERVATIONS OF POLARIZED LIGHT AND SOLAR WAVES TO MEASURE THE SUN’S CORONAL MAGNETIC FIELD MORE ACCURATELY AND ROUTINELY, IMPROVING OUR ...

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 ...

USING THE NSF DANIEL K. INOUYE SOLAR TELESCOPE, SCIENTISTS CAPTURED HIGHLY DETAILED MEASUREMENTS OF A FADING SOLAR FLARE. THE FINDINGS REVEAL GAPS IN CURRENT MODELS OF HOW FLARES HEAT THE SUN’S LOWER ...

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 ...

The NSF National Solar Observatory and Maui Economic Development Board Host a Pilot High School Visit to the World’s Most Advanced Solar Telescope, Laying the Groundwork for Future Student Tours ...

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, ...

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 ...

USING THE NSF INOUYE SOLAR TELESCOPE SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED TINY “RIBBON BLOBS” WITHIN SOLAR FLARES—OFFERING NEW CLUES TO HOW THESE POWERFUL ERUPTIONS RELEASE ENERGY AND AFFECT EARTH When the Sun ...

On August 8, 2024, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever images of a solar flare at the H-alpha wavelength (656.28 nm), revealing dark ...

USING THE NSF INOUYE SOLAR TELESCOPE A TEAM LED BY NSO SCIENTISTS HAS CAPTURED AN EXTREMELY DETAILED VIEW OF A MICROFLARE—A SMALL YET POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE EVENT ON THE SUN Using the world’s largest ...

In a groundbreaking new study, a team led by scientists from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) National Solar Observatory (NSO) has captured the sharpest-ever view of the Sun’s surface, ...

Scientists from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory and New Jersey Institute of Technology produced the finest images of the Sun’s corona to date. To make these ...