At any given moment, as many as 10 million wild jets of solar material burst from the sun's surface. They erupt as fast as 60 miles per second, and can reach lengths of 6,000 miles before collapsing. These are spicules, and ...
Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2017
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NASA's next Small Explorer (SMEX) mission to study the little-understood lower levels of the sun's atmosphere has been fully integrated and final testing is underway.
Space Exploration
Jan 19, 2013
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The region located between the surface of the sun and its atmosphere has been revealed as a more violent place than previously understood, according to images and data from NASA's newest solar observatory, the Interface Region ...
Space Exploration
Dec 9, 2013
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In late June 2013, NASA will launch a new set of eyes to offer the most detailed look ever of the sun's lower atmosphere, called the interface region. This region is believed to play a crucial role in powering the sun's dynamic ...
Space Exploration
May 29, 2013
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While it seems static from our vantage point on Earth 93 million miles away, the sun is constantly changing. Under the influence of complex magnetic forces, material moves throughout the solar atmosphere and can burst forth ...
Space Exploration
Dec 1, 2016
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Montana State University scientists are involved in a new space mission to figure out how energy is transferred through the sun's atmosphere.
Space Exploration
Aug 31, 2009
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On June 27, 2015, NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, mission will celebrate its second year in space. IRIS observations have advanced our understanding of what role the interface region, which lies between ...
Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2015
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The view from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Southern California can be beautiful—pine forests and chaparral spill across an often rugged landscape. But as more people build homes in this area, where development ...
Environment
Feb 8, 2022
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The solar chromosphere is the region between the Sun's surface and its hot, million-degree corona. Within this complex interface zone, only a few thousand kilometers deep, the density of the gas drops by a factor of about ...
Space Exploration
Nov 5, 2014
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The University of Maine and the U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative (USOWC) have announced a partnership to co-develop WindHUB, USOWC's new online resource for stakeholders interested in the emerging U.S. offshore wind industry.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 16, 2012
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