Groundbreaking Achievement: NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope Produces its First Magnetic Field Maps of the Sun’s Corona
Maui, Hawaii – The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world’s most powerful solar telescope, designed, ...
AURA Annual Meeting 2024
On a bright April morning in Tucson, Arizona, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy’s (AURA) Annual Meeting kicked ...
Unveiling the Mysteries of the Solar Chromosphere with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
The second layer of our Sun’s atmosphere, the chromosphere, is sandwiched between the Sun’s visible surface (or photosphere) below, and ...
AURA Appoints Christoph Keller as next National Solar Observatory Director
AURA is pleased to announce that Dr. Christoph Keller has been appointed as the next Director of the National Science ...
Unraveling Solar Symphony: Quasi-Biennial Oscillations Dance to Their Own Beat in Cycles 23 and 24
In the intricate dance of solar activity, a new study led by solar physicist Kiran Jain at the National Science ...
NSO: Magnetic fields in solar plage regions: insights from high-sensitivity spectropolarimetry
In the ever-evolving realm of solar physics, a quest to understand the enigmatic solar plages (pronounced /pleɪdʒ/) has led to ...
Statement on Maui Wildfires
AURA and the National Solar Observatory (NSO) are closely monitoring the harrowing, devastating wildfires which have severely impacted our local ...
NSO: The Sun’s Polar Magnetic Field will Soon Flip
The Sun is about to turn upside down – magnetically speaking, of course. In recent months, we’ve seen an uptick ...
Free Downloadable Education and Outreach Materials
Educational materials (e.g. brochures, posters, booklets, etc.) that can be downloaded for distribution to students ...
Solar Eclipse Lesson Plans and Activities
Lesson plans and activity guides for learning about solar eclipses. ...
Journey to the Sun with NSO
The “Journey to the Sun” (JTTS) Educator Program focuses on supporting middle and high school educators in teaching science standards ...
NSO’s Google Classrooms
Hub for K-12 STEM Online Resources / CLASS CODE: acmluyv National Solar Observatory’s “Astronomy STEM” classroom! This class is a ...