Solar Activity News Archive
This is an archive of articles about solar activity from previous years. For an introduction to solar activity, and more recent news articles, please visit the solar activity page. For recent news articles in other topics, check out the In the News section.
December 21, 2006: Scientists predict big solar cycle -- Science@NASA
December 15, 2006: NJIT solar physicist says weak sun produces record solar outburst -- EurekAlert!
December 15, 2006: Freak solar explosion disrupts satellites -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
December 13, 2006: A large tsunami shock wave on the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 12, 2006: Japan 'home away from home' for NASA Marshall astrophysicist supporting Hinode -- SpaceDaily
November 8, 2006: A new dimension in solar research -- Max Planck Institute
November 2, 2006: First light for Hinode -- Science@NASA
October 30, 2006: Space radiation threats to astronauts addressed in federal research study -- ScienceDaily
October 4, 2006: Researchers discover magnetic islands are energy source for mysterious super high speed electrons -- SpaceRef.com
September 27, 2006: Meteorites record past solar activity -- ScienceDaily
September 20, 2006: Solar-B - a new solar mission to study the dynamic Sun -- European Space Agency
September 1, 2006: Solar sentinels -- Science@NASA
August 17, 2006: NASA satellites will improve understanding of the Sun -- NASA HQ
July 26, 2006: New camera enhances forecasting of Sun-generated storms -- SpaceDaily
July 10, 2006: Dark Sun sizzling -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 26, 2006: NASA and NSF computers simulate Sun's corona -- NASA HQ
May 24, 2006: ESA's SOHO will lead a fleet of solar observatories -- SpaceRef.com
May 24, 2006: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab to build NASA's radiation belt storm probes -- SpaceRef.com
May 23, 2006: UCF telescope used to predict, monitor space weather to launch on satellite Wednesday -- SpaceRef.com
May 10, 2006: Long range solar forecast -- Science@NASA
May 9, 2006: NASA Goddard to build four new solar observing satellites -- SpaceDaily
April 16, 2006: A solar prominence from SOHO -- NASA GSFC APOD
April 7, 2006: Collaboration improves solar storm forecasting -- SpaceDaily.com
March 20, 2006: NOAA Space Environment Center: Earth's first defense against the Sun's fury -- NOAA News
March 13, 2006: Satellites to test tiny technology -- USA Today
March 10, 2006: Solar storm warning -- Science@NASA
March 9, 2006: NASA spacecraft helps researchers see the Sun's far side -- NASA HQ
March 7, 2006: Next solar storms may be fiercer -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation News
March 6, 2006: NASA aids in resolving long standing solar cycle mystery -- NASA HQ
December 2, 2005: SOHO celebrates 10 years in space -- Astronomy.com
November 9, 2005: A solar prominence from SOHO -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 9, 2005: Who's afraid of a solar flare? -- SpaceDaily
September 20, 2005: Spacecraft pick up earthly aurora -- SpaceDaily
September 15, 2005: Solar minimum explodes -- Science@NASA
September 10, 2005: Scientific breakthrough will help protect astronauts and spacecraft -- SpaceRef.com
September 8, 2005: Sun kicks up major flare, more expected -- Space.com
August 30, 2005: Wave activity near interplanetary traveling shocks: excitation of Alfven and ion whistler waves -- ACE News
August 9, 2005: Space weather could scrub manned Mars mission -- National Geographic
June 10, 2005: A new kind of solar storm -- Science@NASA
June 3, 2005: Stay tuned for a STEREO view of stormy space weather -- NASA GSFC
May 27, 2005: Solar fireworks signal new space weather mystery -- Spaceflight Now
May 10, 2005: Roman portents probe the Sun -- Astronomy.com
May 5, 2005: Solar myth -- Science@NASA
April 29, 2005: Stay tuned for a STEREO view of stormy space weather -- SpaceDaily
April 6, 2005: UK provides e-ffective access to upcoming Solar Dynamics Observatory -- SpaceDaily
April 6, 2005: Solving the mystery of solar flares -- SpaceRef.com
March 31, 2005: Archive trawl gives BISON three decades of solar music -- SpaceDaily
March 7, 2005: Jupiter: A cloudy mirror for the Sun? -- PPARC
February 23, 2005: Space weather aspects of the January 20, 2005 solar energetic particle event -- ACE News
January 20, 2005: As winter grips most of the nation, there's plenty of space weather too -- SpaceRef.com
January 20, 2005: Rare spate of solar storms bombards spacecraft -- Space.com
December 22, 2004: Evidence for sun-climate reported by UMaine scientists -- SpaceRef.com
December 21, 2004: New solar telescope would focus on sunspots, storms -- National Geographic
December 9, 2004: Living in sunny times -- American Scientist
November 9, 2004: A full sky multicolored auroral corona -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 27, 2004: Tree rings reveal sunspot record -- Discovery Channel News
October 26, 2004: Paving the way for pioneers -- EurekAlert!
September 3, 2004: The Sun's x-file under the spotlight -- EurekAlert!
August 2, 2004: Spicules: jets on the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 28, 2004: Sun spikes: solar quakes fuel hot tendrils -- Space.com
July 28, 2004: Solar spicules explained -- Astronomy.com
July 25, 2004: A solar filament lifts off -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 9, 2004: Blast waves near edge of system -- Florida Today
July 8, 2004: Spacecraft fleet tracks blast wave through solar system -- NASA GSFC
June 14, 2004: Speed limit found for solar storms -- Space.com
June 5, 2004: Sources of solar hazards in interplanetary space -- Spaceflight Now
June 4, 2004: Scientists measure Sun's smallest visible magentic fields -- SpaceRef.com
April 30, 2004: Our Sun is anything but boring -- Universe Today
March 24, 2004: The next great Sun-watching spacecraft -- Space.com
March 16, 2004: SOHO snaps spectacular Sun shot -- EurekAlert!
February 19, 2004: NASA's SORCE satellite celebrates one year of operations -- EurekAlert!
February 17, 2004: Astrophysicists listen to loops shivering on the Sun -- EurekAlert!
February 15, 2004: RHESSI satellite completes successful second year of solar flare observation -- SpaceRef.com
February 14, 2004: Ulysses mission extended -- Spaceflight Now
February 13, 2004: 'Space weather' affects the Earth -- NASA
December 16, 2003: Scientists 'reconstruct' Earth's climate over the past millenium -- ScienceDaily
December 12, 2003: Sunstorm electron clouds surrounding Earth studied -- Spaceflight Now
December 10, 2003: UCSD physicists see solar electrons, auroras associated with recent geomagnetic storms -- EurekAlert!
December 8, 2003: Earth's radiation belts spectacular following Halloween solar storms -- EurekAlert!
December 5, 2003: Dixieland auroras -- Science@NASA
December 2, 2003: Solar activity reaches new high -- PhysicsWeb
November 26, 2003: Hot debate over solar storms -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
November 24, 2003: Sun 'sheds its skin like a snake' -- BBC News
November 23, 2003: SOHO tracks recent stormy regions on Sun's far side as they turn for second shot at Earth -- NASA GSFC
November 21, 2003: Perfect alignment for awesome aurora -- NASA GSFC
November 19, 2003: Sun sheds skin and flips -- NASA GSFC
November 12, 2003: The Sun goes haywire -- Science@NASA
November 6, 2003: Flare Well AR 10486 -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 4, 2003: What is happening to the Sun? -- BBC News
November 4, 2003: Here comes the sun, again and again and again -- CNN
November 4, 2003: PoSAT-1 cosmic ray experiment monitors massive solar particle event -- SpaceDaily
November 4, 2003: Aurora over Edmonton -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 3, 2003: Sun more active than for a millennium -- NewScientist.com
October 31, 2003: Very low-energy solar electron bursts and solar wind structure -- ACE News
October 30, 2003: Aurora in Colorado skies -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 30, 2003: Another giant solar explosion follows Tuesday's enormous solar flare -- ESA News
October 29, 2003: Sun erupts in biggest storm in years -- CNN
October 28, 2003: Our Sun's regular mood swings -- BBC News
October 27, 2003: How do we predict solar activity and space weather? -- NASA GSFC Science Question of the Week
October 27, 2003: Angry sunspots continue to rumble -- BBC News
October 27, 2003: Solar storm reaches Earth; more activity expected -- SpaceDaily
October 25, 2003: Solar storm buffets Earth -- BBC News
October 24, 2003: NASA monitors solar flare activity during Space Station mission -- NASA
October 1, 2003: NASA mission receives more "TIMED" -- NASA GSFC
October 1, 2003: Solar contribution to 'global warming' predicted to decrease -- EurekAlert!
September 29, 2003: Prestigious award for SOHO team -- NASA GSFC
July 29, 2003: Orange Sun simmering -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 12, 2003: Rocket telescope sees Sun -- Spaceflight Now
July 8, 2003: Rocket telescope gets closest look at the Sun -- NASA GSFC
July 7, 2003: At the edge of the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 4, 2003: Debating the Sun's effect on climate -- BBC News
June 17, 2003: Scientists image 3-D surface of the sun -- Spaceflight Now
June 16, 2003: Solar tsunamis' used to study the solar corona -- Spaceflight Now
June 11, 2003: Sun acts up again -- Sky & Telescope
March 26, 2003: Double eruption on Sun -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
February 14, 2003: Weather cells found to form around magnetic storms on solar surface -- University of Colorado at Boulder
January 30, 2003: Environmental satellite readied to detect solar storms -- NASA GSFC
January 12, 2003: Coronal activity may be buried alive in red giant stars -- Spaceflight Now
November 8, 2002: How often does a storm happen on the Sun? -- NASA GSFC Science Question of the Week
November 3, 2002: A spectacular solar show -- Spaceflight Now
August 26, 2002: NASA selects Stanford team to design and direct major solar experiment for 2007 launch -- ScienceDaily
August 21, 2002: NASA selects investigations for solar dynamics observatory -- ScienceDaily
July 24, 2002: Our stormy Sun -- Sky & Telescope
July 2, 2002: Molten curl -- NASA GSFC
July 1, 2002: Sun shows temper even in mild times -- Space.com
June 13, 2002: Stormy solar weather plays the Sun like a guitar -- NASA GSFC
June 4, 2002: Solar weather probed in depth -- Sky & Telescope
March 21, 2002: S is for Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 23, 2002: The 'high' points of India's astronomy -- Space.com
January 23, 2002: Sun's fury returns, marking double peak in cycle -- Space.com
January 23, 2002: Here comes the Sun...again -- BBC News
January 18, 2002: The resurgent Sun -- Science@NASA
December 13, 2001: Fantastic voyage inside the Sun reveals hidden world of surprising complexity -- NASA GSFC
December 6, 2001: The Sun's chilly impact on Earth -- NASA GSFC
November 29, 2001: Coronal inflow -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 24, 2001: A solar prominence erupts -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 12, 2001: Greater solar activity may bring U.S. more gray days --NASA GSFC
April 11, 2001: Intense solar activity continues -- SpaceRef.com
December 22, 2000: Watching the angry Sun -- Science@NASA
November 30, 2000: Solar fireworks for SOHO's anniversary -- ESA
November 15, 2000: Coronal rain, solar storm -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 9, 2000: A solar filament lifts off -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 8, 2000: Active regions, CMEs, and X-class flares -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 26, 2000: Sun-watching satellite catches flashy solarshow -- CNN
August 31, 1999: Solar activity heats up -- NASA MSFC
December 15, 2006: NJIT solar physicist says weak sun produces record solar outburst -- EurekAlert!
December 15, 2006: Freak solar explosion disrupts satellites -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
December 13, 2006: A large tsunami shock wave on the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 12, 2006: Japan 'home away from home' for NASA Marshall astrophysicist supporting Hinode -- SpaceDaily
November 8, 2006: A new dimension in solar research -- Max Planck Institute
November 2, 2006: First light for Hinode -- Science@NASA
October 30, 2006: Space radiation threats to astronauts addressed in federal research study -- ScienceDaily
October 4, 2006: Researchers discover magnetic islands are energy source for mysterious super high speed electrons -- SpaceRef.com
September 27, 2006: Meteorites record past solar activity -- ScienceDaily
September 20, 2006: Solar-B - a new solar mission to study the dynamic Sun -- European Space Agency
September 1, 2006: Solar sentinels -- Science@NASA
August 17, 2006: NASA satellites will improve understanding of the Sun -- NASA HQ
July 26, 2006: New camera enhances forecasting of Sun-generated storms -- SpaceDaily
July 10, 2006: Dark Sun sizzling -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 26, 2006: NASA and NSF computers simulate Sun's corona -- NASA HQ
May 24, 2006: ESA's SOHO will lead a fleet of solar observatories -- SpaceRef.com
May 24, 2006: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab to build NASA's radiation belt storm probes -- SpaceRef.com
May 23, 2006: UCF telescope used to predict, monitor space weather to launch on satellite Wednesday -- SpaceRef.com
May 10, 2006: Long range solar forecast -- Science@NASA
May 9, 2006: NASA Goddard to build four new solar observing satellites -- SpaceDaily
April 16, 2006: A solar prominence from SOHO -- NASA GSFC APOD
April 7, 2006: Collaboration improves solar storm forecasting -- SpaceDaily.com
March 20, 2006: NOAA Space Environment Center: Earth's first defense against the Sun's fury -- NOAA News
March 13, 2006: Satellites to test tiny technology -- USA Today
March 10, 2006: Solar storm warning -- Science@NASA
March 9, 2006: NASA spacecraft helps researchers see the Sun's far side -- NASA HQ
March 7, 2006: Next solar storms may be fiercer -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation News
March 6, 2006: NASA aids in resolving long standing solar cycle mystery -- NASA HQ
December 2, 2005: SOHO celebrates 10 years in space -- Astronomy.com
November 9, 2005: A solar prominence from SOHO -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 9, 2005: Who's afraid of a solar flare? -- SpaceDaily
September 20, 2005: Spacecraft pick up earthly aurora -- SpaceDaily
September 15, 2005: Solar minimum explodes -- Science@NASA
September 10, 2005: Scientific breakthrough will help protect astronauts and spacecraft -- SpaceRef.com
September 8, 2005: Sun kicks up major flare, more expected -- Space.com
August 30, 2005: Wave activity near interplanetary traveling shocks: excitation of Alfven and ion whistler waves -- ACE News
August 9, 2005: Space weather could scrub manned Mars mission -- National Geographic
June 10, 2005: A new kind of solar storm -- Science@NASA
June 3, 2005: Stay tuned for a STEREO view of stormy space weather -- NASA GSFC
May 27, 2005: Solar fireworks signal new space weather mystery -- Spaceflight Now
May 10, 2005: Roman portents probe the Sun -- Astronomy.com
May 5, 2005: Solar myth -- Science@NASA
April 29, 2005: Stay tuned for a STEREO view of stormy space weather -- SpaceDaily
April 6, 2005: UK provides e-ffective access to upcoming Solar Dynamics Observatory -- SpaceDaily
April 6, 2005: Solving the mystery of solar flares -- SpaceRef.com
March 31, 2005: Archive trawl gives BISON three decades of solar music -- SpaceDaily
March 7, 2005: Jupiter: A cloudy mirror for the Sun? -- PPARC
February 23, 2005: Space weather aspects of the January 20, 2005 solar energetic particle event -- ACE News
January 20, 2005: As winter grips most of the nation, there's plenty of space weather too -- SpaceRef.com
January 20, 2005: Rare spate of solar storms bombards spacecraft -- Space.com
December 22, 2004: Evidence for sun-climate reported by UMaine scientists -- SpaceRef.com
December 21, 2004: New solar telescope would focus on sunspots, storms -- National Geographic
December 9, 2004: Living in sunny times -- American Scientist
November 9, 2004: A full sky multicolored auroral corona -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 27, 2004: Tree rings reveal sunspot record -- Discovery Channel News
October 26, 2004: Paving the way for pioneers -- EurekAlert!
September 3, 2004: The Sun's x-file under the spotlight -- EurekAlert!
August 2, 2004: Spicules: jets on the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 28, 2004: Sun spikes: solar quakes fuel hot tendrils -- Space.com
July 28, 2004: Solar spicules explained -- Astronomy.com
July 25, 2004: A solar filament lifts off -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 9, 2004: Blast waves near edge of system -- Florida Today
July 8, 2004: Spacecraft fleet tracks blast wave through solar system -- NASA GSFC
June 14, 2004: Speed limit found for solar storms -- Space.com
June 5, 2004: Sources of solar hazards in interplanetary space -- Spaceflight Now
June 4, 2004: Scientists measure Sun's smallest visible magentic fields -- SpaceRef.com
April 30, 2004: Our Sun is anything but boring -- Universe Today
March 24, 2004: The next great Sun-watching spacecraft -- Space.com
March 16, 2004: SOHO snaps spectacular Sun shot -- EurekAlert!
February 19, 2004: NASA's SORCE satellite celebrates one year of operations -- EurekAlert!
February 17, 2004: Astrophysicists listen to loops shivering on the Sun -- EurekAlert!
February 15, 2004: RHESSI satellite completes successful second year of solar flare observation -- SpaceRef.com
February 14, 2004: Ulysses mission extended -- Spaceflight Now
February 13, 2004: 'Space weather' affects the Earth -- NASA
December 16, 2003: Scientists 'reconstruct' Earth's climate over the past millenium -- ScienceDaily
December 12, 2003: Sunstorm electron clouds surrounding Earth studied -- Spaceflight Now
December 10, 2003: UCSD physicists see solar electrons, auroras associated with recent geomagnetic storms -- EurekAlert!
December 8, 2003: Earth's radiation belts spectacular following Halloween solar storms -- EurekAlert!
December 5, 2003: Dixieland auroras -- Science@NASA
December 2, 2003: Solar activity reaches new high -- PhysicsWeb
November 26, 2003: Hot debate over solar storms -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
November 24, 2003: Sun 'sheds its skin like a snake' -- BBC News
November 23, 2003: SOHO tracks recent stormy regions on Sun's far side as they turn for second shot at Earth -- NASA GSFC
November 21, 2003: Perfect alignment for awesome aurora -- NASA GSFC
November 19, 2003: Sun sheds skin and flips -- NASA GSFC
November 12, 2003: The Sun goes haywire -- Science@NASA
November 6, 2003: Flare Well AR 10486 -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 4, 2003: What is happening to the Sun? -- BBC News
November 4, 2003: Here comes the sun, again and again and again -- CNN
November 4, 2003: PoSAT-1 cosmic ray experiment monitors massive solar particle event -- SpaceDaily
November 4, 2003: Aurora over Edmonton -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 3, 2003: Sun more active than for a millennium -- NewScientist.com
October 31, 2003: Very low-energy solar electron bursts and solar wind structure -- ACE News
October 30, 2003: Aurora in Colorado skies -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 30, 2003: Another giant solar explosion follows Tuesday's enormous solar flare -- ESA News
October 29, 2003: Sun erupts in biggest storm in years -- CNN
October 28, 2003: Our Sun's regular mood swings -- BBC News
October 27, 2003: How do we predict solar activity and space weather? -- NASA GSFC Science Question of the Week
October 27, 2003: Angry sunspots continue to rumble -- BBC News
October 27, 2003: Solar storm reaches Earth; more activity expected -- SpaceDaily
October 25, 2003: Solar storm buffets Earth -- BBC News
October 24, 2003: NASA monitors solar flare activity during Space Station mission -- NASA
October 1, 2003: NASA mission receives more "TIMED" -- NASA GSFC
October 1, 2003: Solar contribution to 'global warming' predicted to decrease -- EurekAlert!
September 29, 2003: Prestigious award for SOHO team -- NASA GSFC
July 29, 2003: Orange Sun simmering -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 12, 2003: Rocket telescope sees Sun -- Spaceflight Now
July 8, 2003: Rocket telescope gets closest look at the Sun -- NASA GSFC
July 7, 2003: At the edge of the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 4, 2003: Debating the Sun's effect on climate -- BBC News
June 17, 2003: Scientists image 3-D surface of the sun -- Spaceflight Now
June 16, 2003: Solar tsunamis' used to study the solar corona -- Spaceflight Now
June 11, 2003: Sun acts up again -- Sky & Telescope
March 26, 2003: Double eruption on Sun -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
February 14, 2003: Weather cells found to form around magnetic storms on solar surface -- University of Colorado at Boulder
January 30, 2003: Environmental satellite readied to detect solar storms -- NASA GSFC
January 12, 2003: Coronal activity may be buried alive in red giant stars -- Spaceflight Now
November 8, 2002: How often does a storm happen on the Sun? -- NASA GSFC Science Question of the Week
November 3, 2002: A spectacular solar show -- Spaceflight Now
August 26, 2002: NASA selects Stanford team to design and direct major solar experiment for 2007 launch -- ScienceDaily
August 21, 2002: NASA selects investigations for solar dynamics observatory -- ScienceDaily
July 24, 2002: Our stormy Sun -- Sky & Telescope
July 2, 2002: Molten curl -- NASA GSFC
July 1, 2002: Sun shows temper even in mild times -- Space.com
June 13, 2002: Stormy solar weather plays the Sun like a guitar -- NASA GSFC
June 4, 2002: Solar weather probed in depth -- Sky & Telescope
March 21, 2002: S is for Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 23, 2002: The 'high' points of India's astronomy -- Space.com
January 23, 2002: Sun's fury returns, marking double peak in cycle -- Space.com
January 23, 2002: Here comes the Sun...again -- BBC News
January 18, 2002: The resurgent Sun -- Science@NASA
December 13, 2001: Fantastic voyage inside the Sun reveals hidden world of surprising complexity -- NASA GSFC
December 6, 2001: The Sun's chilly impact on Earth -- NASA GSFC
November 29, 2001: Coronal inflow -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 24, 2001: A solar prominence erupts -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 12, 2001: Greater solar activity may bring U.S. more gray days --NASA GSFC
April 11, 2001: Intense solar activity continues -- SpaceRef.com
December 22, 2000: Watching the angry Sun -- Science@NASA
November 30, 2000: Solar fireworks for SOHO's anniversary -- ESA
November 15, 2000: Coronal rain, solar storm -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 9, 2000: A solar filament lifts off -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 8, 2000: Active regions, CMEs, and X-class flares -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 26, 2000: Sun-watching satellite catches flashy solarshow -- CNN
August 31, 1999: Solar activity heats up -- NASA MSFC
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