Knowledge Nugget: Why is solar flare ‘kernel’ important for UPSC?
Recently, the Aditya-L1 mission captured a solar flare ‘kernel’ in the lower solar atmosphere. What is a solar flare? In ...
The Times of Israel11d
In time for the equinox, Israel’s first solar observatory opens in northern Druze town
Solaris launches in Isfiya as part of a government program to increase space research in the Arab Israeli community ...
Indiatimes15d
What is 'Langrangian Point'
Definition: A Lagrangian point is a position or location in space where the combined gravitational forces of two large bodies is equal to the centrifugal force that is felt by a third body which is ...
Nature21d
Solar physics articles from across Nature Portfolio
Solar physics is the study of the fundamental processes occurring in the sun. Primarily this is related to the dynamics of plasmas and their interplay with the sun’s magnetic fields, and how ...
moneycontrol.com26d
ISRO’s Aditya-L1 SUIT captures first-ever solar flare ‘kernel’ in stunning detail
The captured image shows the phenomenon in the photosphere and chromosphere. Scientists say this finding will help study the Sun’s energy bursts. Aditya-L1 was launched on 2 September 2023.
The Hindu27d
ISRO releases second set of scientific data from Aditya-L1 mission
“The datasets comprise valuable scientific information about the Sun’s photosphere, chromosphere and its outer atmosphere (corona) along with the in-situ particles and magnetic field ...