Latest news from National Solar Observatory on News en-us Copyright 2024 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/groundbreaking-achievement-nsf-daniel-k-inouye-solar-telescope-produces-its-first-magnetic-field-maps-of-the-sun-s-corona/?sc=rsin /articles/groundbreaking-achievement-nsf-daniel-k-inouye-solar-telescope-produces-its-first-magnetic-field-maps-of-the-sun-s-corona/?sc=rsin Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:00:00 EST The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's most powerful solar telescope, operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO), achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing its first detailed maps of the Sun's coronal magnetic fields. This milestone, led by NSO Associate Astronomer Dr. Tom Schad, was recently published in Science Advances, and promises to enhance our understanding of the Sun's atmosphere and how its changing conditions lead to impacts on Earth's technology-dependent society. The corona, or the Sun's outer atmosphere, greatly influences solar winds and space weather events like solar flares and coronal mass ejections. However, the magnetic forces that drive these events and the corona are challenging to measure. National Solar Observatory /articles/dr-adam-kowalski-awarded-the-2022-karen-harvey-prize/?sc=rsin /articles/dr-adam-kowalski-awarded-the-2022-karen-harvey-prize/?sc=rsin Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:00:06 EST Dr. Adam Kowalski is the 2022 Karen Harvey Prize recipient in recognition of his transformative research into stellar flares and their influence on the Sun, other stars, and habitability of exoplanets. National Solar Observatory /articles/nsf-s-inouye-solar-telescope-releases-first-image-of-a-sunspot/?sc=rsin /articles/nsf-s-inouye-solar-telescope-releases-first-image-of-a-sunspot/?sc=rsin Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:45:35 EST The U.S. NSF's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope just released its first image of a sunspot. The telescope's four-meter primary mirror will give the best views of the Sun from Earth throughout the next solar cycle. This image is an indication of the telescope's advanced optics. The image is released along with the first of a series of Inouye-related articles featured in the Solar Physics Journal. National Solar Observatory /articles/nsf-s-national-solar-observatory-predicts-a-large-sunspot-for-thanksgiving/?sc=rsin /articles/nsf-s-national-solar-observatory-predicts-a-large-sunspot-for-thanksgiving/?sc=rsin Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:00:48 EST On November 18 scientists from the US National Science Foundation's National Solar Observatory predicted the arrival of a large sunspot just in time for Thanksgiving. Using a special technique called helioseismology, the team has been "listening" to changing sound waves from the Sun's interior which beckon the arrival of a large sunspot. National Solar Observatory /articles/sunspot-cycle-is-stabilizing-according-to-worldwide-panel-of-experts/?sc=rsin /articles/sunspot-cycle-is-stabilizing-according-to-worldwide-panel-of-experts/?sc=rsin Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:40:07 EST A consortium of solar science experts, including Dr. Gordon Petrie of the NSF's National Solar Observatory, declared consensus on the next solar cycle. The astronomers predict the next solar cycle will be very similar to the last one. National Solar Observatory /articles/nso-astronomers-to-play-key-role-in-two-new-spacecraft-mission-concept-studies/?sc=rsin /articles/nso-astronomers-to-play-key-role-in-two-new-spacecraft-mission-concept-studies/?sc=rsin Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:45:12 EST Astronomers from NSF's National Solar Observatory (NSO) will play important roles in two of five concept studies recently announced by NASA. These five endeavors have each been granted $1.25 million by the Heliophysics division of NASA to investigate the feasibility of cutting-edge missions to study the Sun and its connection to Earth. National Solar Observatory /articles/dr-thomas-rimmele-director-of-nsf-s-inouye-solar-telescope-named-one-of-fast-company-s-most-creative-people-in-business/?sc=rsin /articles/dr-thomas-rimmele-director-of-nsf-s-inouye-solar-telescope-named-one-of-fast-company-s-most-creative-people-in-business/?sc=rsin Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:10:56 EST Dr. Thomas Rimmele from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Solar Observatory joins the 11th annual list of awardees from such companies as Netflix, Google, and Patagonia, as well as institutions such as Johns Hopkins University and the ACLU of Massachusetts. National Solar Observatory /articles/frank-hill-retires-from-the-nso/?sc=rsin /articles/frank-hill-retires-from-the-nso/?sc=rsin Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:20:53 EST One of the National Science Foundation's National Solar Observatory's longest serving scientists, Frank Hill, retired March 30, 2020, capping more than 35-years of tenure. He held a variety of roles including assistant astronomer, scientist, senior scientist and program director. Hill's latest position was as associate director of the National Solar Observatory's Integrated Synoptic Program (NISP). National Solar Observatory /articles/nsf-s-newest-solar-telescope-produces-first-images/?sc=rsin /articles/nsf-s-newest-solar-telescope-produces-first-images/?sc=rsin Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:50:12 EST Just released first images from the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope reveal unprecedented detail of the Sun's surface and preview the world-class products to come from this preeminent 4-meter solar telescope. NSF's Inouye Solar Telescope, on the summit of Haleakala, Maui, in Hawai'i, will enable a new era of solar science and a leap forward in understanding the Sun and its impacts on our planet. National Solar Observatory