NSF National Solar Observatory
The NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO) operates the world’s most extensive collection of ground-based optical and infrared solar telescopes and ...
Reading the Sun’s Fireworks: How Flare Ribbons Reveal Hidden Solar Explosions
A new study by a team led by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope Ambassador Marcel ...
NSF-NOAA GONG Maps Hidden Magnetism on the Sun’s Far Side
A team of scientists led by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory developed a new physics-based method to ...
New Solar Flare Observations Challenge Leading Theories
Using the NSF Daniel k. Inouye solar telescope, scientists captured highly detailed measurements of a fading solar flare. The findings ...
Uncovering the Waves That Power the Sun’s Outer Atmosphere
Observations from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope—built and managed by the NSF National Solar ...
30 Years of GONG: The Enduring Legacy of the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory Solar Monitoring Network
When the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) began operations in 1995, it was designed to run for just three years ...
Two Eyes on the Sun: Unveiling Solar Dynamics with Coordinated Observations
In October 2022, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope and the European Space Agency (ESA) ...
Scientists Spot Long-Hypothesized Twisting Magnetic Waves in the Sun’s Corona with NSF Inouye Solar Telescope, Hinting at a Hidden Engine Driving Key Solar Phenomena
For more than half a century, scientists have been puzzled by one of the Sun’s unsolved mysteries: why is its ...
The NSF Inouye Solar Telescope Delivers Record-Breaking Images of Solar Flare, Coronal Loops
On August 8, 2024, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever images of ...
Small-Scale Solar Explosion Reveals Big Clues About Magnetic Reconnection
Using the world’s largest solar telescope, a team of scientists has captured one of the most detailed views ever of ...
Magnetic Curtains on the Sun: NSF Inouye Solar Telescope Reveals Ultra-Fine Striations in Solar Surface
A team of solar physicists has released a new study shedding light on the fine-scale structure of the Sun’s surface ...
“Raindrops in the Sun’s Corona”: New Adaptive Optics Shows Stunning Details of our Star’s Atmosphere
The Sun’s corona—the outermost layer of its atmosphere, visible only during a total solar eclipse—has long intrigued scientists due to ...
