Tag: solar flares
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Oct 22, 2018A Southwest Research Institute space scientist shed new light on predicting the thermodynamics of solar flares and other “space weather” events involving hot, fast-moving plasmas. -
Sep 18, 2018NASA’s Chief Scientist, Dr Jim Green, talks to solar physicist Alex Young. -
Feb 4, 2018Living near a star is risky business, and positioning a spacecraft near the Sun is a very good way to observe rapidly changing solar activity and deliver early warning of possibly harmful space weather. ESA is now looking at doing just that. -
Apr 10, 2015While no one yet knows what's needed to build a habitable planet, it's clear that the interplay between the sun and Earth is crucial for making our planet livable – a balance between a sun that provides energy and a planet that can protect itself -
Mar 2, 2015Energetic solar flares might have hindered, or helped, life's start on Earth.
