News tagged with hinode satellite

Hinode looks into a hole on the Sun

On Feb. 1, 2011, the Hinode satellite captured this breathtaking image of a coronal hole, seen in the top center of the image. A polar coronal hole can also be seen at the bottom of the image.

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created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Annular solar eclipse observed by Hinode (w/ Video)

On January 4, the Hinode satellite captured these breathtaking images of an annular solar eclipse.

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created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Images of Solar Eclipse as seen by Hinode Satellite

The Hinode satellite observing our sun captured images of the moon traversing the face of the sun during a solar eclipse this week.

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created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 5




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SDO and STEREO spacecrafts spot something new on the Sun (w/ video)

(Phys.org) -- One day in the fall of 2011, Neil Sheeley, a solar scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., did what he always does – look through the daily images of the sun from ...

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created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Small sun-watcher Proba-2 offers detailed view of massive solar eruption

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA’s Proba-2 small Sun-watcher was among the flotilla of satellites on watch as the Sun erupted spectacularly this week.

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created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover mechanism that could feed solar explosions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are violent solar explosions that can propel up to 10 billion tons of the Sun’s atmosphere – at a million miles an hour – out through the corona ...

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created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Plasma jets are prime suspect in solar mystery

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most enduring mysteries in solar physics is why the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, is millions of degrees hotter than its surface. Now scientists believe they have discovered ...

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created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Europe maintains its presence on the final frontier

ESA has decided to extend the productive lives of 11 of its operating space science missions. This will enable ESA's world-class science missions to continue returning pioneering results until at least 2014.

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created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hinode Discovers the Origin of White Light Flare

(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint Japan-United States research team has identified the origin of the white light emission in solar flares.

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created May 20, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Magnetic 'ropes' tie down solar eruptions (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data from the Hinode spacecraft, a team of researchers from University College London (UCL) have revealed an immense magnetic structure that erupted to produce a dramatic solar eruption ...

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created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Solar winds triggered by magnetic fields

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, according to a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers based on the ...

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Tiny Flares Responsible for Outsized Heat of Sun's Atmosphere

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar physicists at NASA have confirmed that small, sudden bursts of heat and energy, called nanoflares, cause temperatures in the thin, translucent gas of the sun's atmosphere to reach millions ...

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created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Our Sun: A Little Slow On the Uptake for Cycle 24

A very recent article carried by the BBC called, 'Quiet Sun Baffling Astronomers' sent me in a twitter of research activity. The BBC article's head notes include "The Sun is the Dimmest It Has Been for Nearly ...

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created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (28) | comments 26 weblog


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