Search results for solar cycle 25

Planetary Sciences Jan 30, 2024

How the 2024 total solar eclipse is different than the 2017 eclipse

On April 8, the moon's shadow will sweep across the United States, as millions will view a total solar eclipse. For many, preparing for this event brings memories of the magnificent total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017.

Earth Sciences Jan 15, 2024

Four factors that drove 2023's extreme heat and climate disasters

Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it's hard to ignore that something unusual is going on with the weather in 2023.

Analytical Chemistry Jan 5, 2024

Photochemistry and a new catalyst could make fertilizer more sustainable

Georgia Tech engineers are working to make fertilizer more sustainable—from production to productive reuse of the runoff after application—and a pair of new studies is offering promising avenues at both ends of the process.

Astronomy Dec 29, 2023

Larger and more frequent solar storms will make for potential disruptions and spectacular auroras on Earth

Bright auroras, with dancing lights in the sky, characterize the clear winter nights of northern Canada. Longer nights during the fall and winter also favor seeing more auroras, but the show is best outside of light-polluted ...

Astronomy Dec 29, 2023

Meet the infrared telescopes that paved the way for NASA's Webb

The Webb telescope has opened a new window onto the universe, but it builds on missions going back 40 years, including Spitzer and the Infrared Astronomical Satellite.

Astronomy Dec 14, 2023

NASA's NEOWISE celebrates 10 years, plans end of mission

The asteroid and comet-hunting infrared space telescope has gathered an impressive haul of observations, but it's now at the mercy of the sun, which is accelerating its demise.

Astronomy Nov 30, 2023

One of the largest magnetic storms in history quantified: Aurorae from the tropics to the polar regions

In early November of this year, aurora borealis were observed at surprisingly low latitudes, as far south as Italy and Texas. Such phenomena indicate the impacts of a solar coronal mass ejection on the Earth's magnetic field ...

Astronomy Nov 28, 2023

Solar activity likely to peak next year, new study suggests

Researchers at the Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India at IISER Kolkata have discovered a new relationship between the sun's magnetic field and its sunspot cycle, that can help predict when the peak in solar activity ...

Astronomy Oct 2, 2023

Observations explore the properties of Type Ic supernova SN 2022jli

An international team of astronomers has performed multi-wavelength photometric and spectroscopic observations of a recently discovered Type Ic supernova known as SN 2022jli. Results of the observational campaign, published ...

Planetary Sciences Sep 21, 2023

Video: Firefoxes and whale spouts light up Earth's shield

Did you know the Northern lights or Aurora Borealis are created when the mythical Finnish "firefox" runs so quickly across the snow that its tail causes sparks to fly into the night sky?

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