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Space & Cosmos
Atmospheric Wave Research Mission releases data from the first 3,000 orbits
This image shows awe awe data combined from the paths of two instruments over the US. The red and orange wave structures show an increase in infrared luminance (or radiance) produced by aero in the Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: NASA/AWE/LUDGER SCHERLIESS Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA’s adoration (Atmosphere Wave Experiment) on the International Space Station, researchers have publicly released the…
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Space & Cosmos
NOAA releases images of world’s first operational space-based coronagraph
Credit: NOAA Headquarters NOAA today shared the first images from Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope aboard its new GOES-19 satellite. CCOR-1, the world’s first operational space-based coronagraph, began observing the sun’s corona, the faint outermost layer of the solar atmosphere, on September 19, 2024. CCOR-1 monitors the corona and predicts coronal mass ejections (CMEs). A CME is a…
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Science
The sun releases its strongest flare this cycle
Image of the X9 flare on October 3, 2024, observed in extreme ultraviolet light. Credit: NASA/SDO Yesterday, the sun released a huge solar flare heading toward Earth. Don’t worry, it’s not quite as big as the 1859 Carrington event, but it’s still big enough to provide some spectacular aurora borealis viewing. Large solar flares occur regularly. Quite literally, the sun…
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