A sunspot got four times bigger and is now facing Earth. The magnetic field of sunspot AR3038 could cause M-class solar flares. Coronal mass ejections are the explosive jets of solar material. sunspot got four times bigger and is now facing Earth. Tony Phillips claims AR3038’s magnetic field might create M-class flares. Sunspots are dark … Read more
BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), also dubbed as the “China Sky Eye,” scientists have obtained accurate magnetic field strength in molecular cloud, a region of the interstellar medium that seems ready to form stars. Employing the technique of HI Narrow Self Absorption (HINSA), they achieved a clear … Read more
Take a look at this incredible footage of the Northern Lights taken from the International Space Station. Solar winds colliding with Earth’s magnetic field generate the Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis. The video was captured by astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who has been monitoring the Northern Hemisphere’s green light for the past month. … Read more
