
NSO: DKIST Begins its Operations Commissioning Phase
commissioning phase (OCP). Starting on December 6, 2021, and weather permitting, DKIST will perform first science observations, implementing observing experiments ...

NSO: NSF’s GONG Observations of Long-period Oscillations of the Sun
A new set of solar oscillations with specific long-duration properties have recently been discovered by a group of scientists led ...

NSO: Inouye Telescope project passes final construction review
National Science Foundation (NSF) recently convened an external review panel for the Final Construction Review (FCR) of the Daniel K ...

NSO: Exploring the Sources of the Solar Wind with Parker Solar Probe and NSO/GONG
In August 2018 NASA launched Parker Solar Probe, humanity’s mission to touch the Sun. In November, PSP flew close to ...

NSO: Inouye Solar Telescope Releases First Image of a Sunspot
The world’s largest solar observatory, the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, just released its first image ...

NSO: NSF’s National Solar Observatory Predicts a Large Sunspot for Thanksgiving
On November 18 scientists from the US National Science Foundation’s National Solar Observatory predicted the emergence of a new sunspot ...

NSF’s Newest Solar Telescope Produces First Images
Just released first images from the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope reveal unprecedented detail of the Sun’s ...

NSO: To Image the Sun DKIST Starts With the Stars – Integration and Testing of M1 and M2 Assembly with Night-time Observation
While the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope will stare at the Sun to detect magnetic fields, it ...

NSO: Study shows temporal patterns of meridional flows are precursors of magnetic activity in solar cycle
The figure shows the variation of the meridional flow as slices of time and depth for eight latitudes from mid-latitudes ...