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Fifth PITHIA-NRF TNA Call open for applications

Submitted on 2023-09-12

PITHIA-NRF launches its fifth call to provide effective and convenient access to the best European research facilities for observations of the upper atmosphere, including the plasmasphere, ionosphere and thermosphere.

The great NOAA 3413 show

Submitted on 2023-09-06

Sunspot region NOAA 3413 was the source of several complex eruptive events last week.

Topical Issue on Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs)

Submitted on 2023-09-04

JSWSC has opened a Topical Issue on Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs), i.e. plasma density fluctuations that propagate as waves through the ionosphere at a wide range of velocities and frequencies.

First Open Doors ever at our Radio Astronomy Station

Submitted on 2023-09-01

Don’t forget to come visit our radio antenna's in the coming weekend! It is a unique opportunity to have fun with the whole family in a beautiful environment.

Solar Orbiter Discovers Tiny Jets That Could Power the Solar Wind (NL-FR-EN)

Submitted on 2023-08-23

ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered a multitude of tiny jets of material escaping from the Sun’s outer atmosphere. Each jet lasts for between 20 and 100 seconds, and expels plasma at around 100 km/s. These jets could be the long-sought-after source of the ‘solar wind’.

STCE's Summer Games

Submitted on 2023-08-08

A few fun puzzles --all related to space weather-- have been created to survive a rainy day during these summer holidays.

NOAA 3386 has done it!... AGAIN!

Submitted on 2023-08-06

After several M-class flares during the last few days, active region NOAA 3386 finally produced an X1 flare late on 5 August. And another X1 flare on 7 August. UPDATED.

No holidays for the Sun!...

Submitted on 2023-08-01

The Sun remained busy this week producing several M-class flares. A particular impressive eruption took place on 28 July and was associated with the second moderate solar radiation storm of the ongoing Solar Cycle 25.

Heat waves on the Sun (EN-FR-NL)

Submitted on 2023-07-25

A joint scientific team led by the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the KU Leuven has found that high-frequency magnetic waves could play an essential role in keeping the Sun’s atmosphere at millions of degrees. This finding sheds a new light on the most intriguing solar mystery: what makes the Sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface?