Solar Fireworks & Space Weather! ☀️🛰️
How does the @ESA #SolarOrbiter survive its close encounters with the Sun?
Dr. Laura Hayes on #Astrophiz show to reveal the explosive physics of solar flares, CMEs,& the mission to map the Sun’s mysterious polar regions.
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☀️ La mission #SolarOrbiter a observé pour la première fois une cascade de reconnexions du champ magnétique dans l’atmosphère solaire. Ces « avalanches magnétiques » pourraient expliquer comment naissent certaines éruptions solaires.
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Ingegneri delle operazioni nella Sala di Controllo principale del Centro europeo di operazioni spaziali (ESOC) durante il lancio di Solar Orbiter nel febbraio 2020. Delle persone sedute davanti a una lunga console con molti schermi di computer guardano questi schermi e indicano cose al di fuori dell'inquadratura dell'immagine.
Questo evento dà il via a una finestra di telerilevamento di 10 giorni durante la quale i team pianificano, riprendono immagini, analizzano e riorientano rapidamente la sonda spaziale: una dimostrazione del lavoro di squadra dell' @esa.int vicino alla nostra stella. ⭐
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Solar flares aren't sudden! ✨Like snow avalanches, they begin with tiny shifts, unleashing a plasma rain long after the initial burst. ☀️ #SolarOrbiter
Source: phys.org/news/2026-01-solar-flare...
La missione #SolarOrbiter ha osservato per la prima volta in dettaglio come piccoli disturbi magnetici nella corona del #Sole possano scatenare un #brillamento solare, attraverso un effetto a catena simile a una valanga.
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Questo processo in rapida evoluzione crea un "cielo" di gocce di plasma che ☔ 🌧️ piovono, come mostrato in questo video.
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A „magnetic avalanche“ on the #Sun! At the end of 2024, ESA’s #SolarOrbiter was lucky to witness a strong solar #flare – and observed the events leading up to this firework with unprecedented precision. Apparently, small restructuring processes in the […]
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Amazing data in real time from the @esa.int #SolarOrbiter magnetometer @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social show that this storm will keep its main Bz > 0 field and its total field will decline, resulting in a West-North-East (WNE) flux rope. At the end there should be an interval Bz < 0 (=more aurora!)
⏰ Solar Orbiter session at EGU (3-8 May), deadline in a few days‼️
Session ST1.3 welcomes in-situ, remote sensing, multi-mission, and modeling/simulation studies.
Deadline: 15 Jan, 13:00 CET
Submit: www.egu26.eu/session/57165
See you in Vienna! 🌞
#SolarOrbiter #EGU26 #SolarPhysics
A new analysis of the Solar Orbiter’s unique views of the Sun’s poles shows how a “conveyor belt” moves within our nearest star.
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A new analysis of the Solar Orbiter’s unique views of the Sun’s poles shows how a “conveyor belt” moves within our nearest star.
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ESA's Solar Orbiter reveals high-speed electron origins & enhances space weather prediction 🚀🌞
Revolutionary AI 'SeeMe' discovers hidden consciousness in coma pat #SolarOrbiter https://fefd.link/8nqsj
Anche le nostre missioni #SOHO, #SolarOrbiter e #BepiColombo hanno tutte risentito degli effetti della tempesta, raccogliendo dati scientifici unici e preziosi.
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Our #SOHO, #SolarOrbiter and #BepiColombo missions all felt the effects of the storm, with each collecting unique and valuable scientific data.
Solar Orbiter's view 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
SOHO's view 👉 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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Mit der ESA-Mission #SolarOrbiter entdecken wir Phänomene auf der #Sonne, wie magnetische Ausbrüche und Sonnenstürme.☀️
▶️ #ScienceLectures: "Mit Solar Orbiter zur Sonne fliegen"
📆: 25.11., 19:15h
📌: Planetarium Wien (hybrid)
Mit Philippe Bourdin @uni-graz.at 👉
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Questa scoperta contribuisce anche alla nostra comprensione del meteo spaziale, un argomento che è stato a lungo al centro delle nostre missioni e che è attualmente oggetto di studio da parte di #SOHO, le missioni Proba, Swarm e #SolarOrbiter.
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It definitely depends though on how much the Bz will stay at < 0, lets see if we get to see a magnetic flux rope at L1. But the speed is fast (if trustable). This storm was directed a bit off the Sun-Earth line towards about 20° north and 20° west of Earth, quite in the direction of #SolarOrbiter.
This finding also contributes to our understanding of space weather, something that’s long been a focus for our missions and is currently being explored by #SOHO, the Proba missions, Swarm, and #SolarOrbiter.
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We are waiting for the arrival of both #solarstorms at the @esa.int #SolarOrbiter spacecraft. Its magnetometer could measure their internal magnetic field which can improve our forecasts. It is a bit away from the Sun-Earth line at 10° north / 18° west but at a good distance of 0.83 au from the ☀️
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A partire dai dati ottenuti dalla missione #SolarOrbiter, è stato possibile osservare per la prima volta con chiarezza il polo sud del #Sole, rivelando dinamiche inaspettate del campo magnetico che potrebbero cambiare il modello attuale del ciclo solare.
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Does the solar magnetic field migrate towards the poles faster than expected? Results using data from #ESA ’s #SolarOrbiter spacecraft are published today in #ApJL: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-821...
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Does the solar magnetic field migrate towards the poles faster than expected? Results using the data from #ESA ’s #SolarOrbiter are published today in #ApJL. More infos here: www.mps.mpg.de/sun-first-gl...
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More recently, #SolarOrbiter delivered the world-first views of the Sun’s poles.
A tilted orbit gives Solar Orbiter a unique viewing angle, from where we can better understand the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar cycle, and space weather to ultimately enable us to protect our planet. 4/🔭 #CM25
From there onward, #SolarOrbiter brought us the highest resolution images of the Sun ever, telling us more about its turbulent life:
☀️ imaging giant solar eruptions
☀️ charting the Sun’s effects on the heliosphere
☀️ discovering tiny jets that could power the solar wind
4/ 🔭 #CosmicVision #CM25
Illustration of Solar Orbiter in front of the Sun.
Soon after, we delivered the first #SolarOrbiter data to the scientific community and the wider public.
The data came from the suite of in-situ instruments that measure the conditions surrounding the spacecraft. 3/ 🔭 #CM25
Five months after launch, #SolarOrbiter was delivering its first images of the Sun.
No other images of the Sun had been taken from such a close distance at the time. They revealed omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed ‘campfires’, near the surface of the Sun. 2/ 🔭 #CM25
Day 2 at #ESWW2025! @spacedavies.bsky.social rocked the stage with a talk on solar storm forecasts with sub-L1 monitors with @esa.int #SolarOrbiter. I participated in 2 panel discussion, on the role of validation, and the future of space weather modeling at ESA in the next 10-15 years. ☀️💥🤖
Solar Orbiter IRIS Aditya Joint Workshop March 16-19 2026 www.mps.mpg.de/sow2026
3 unique views of the #Sun, 1 #workshop! Register now for the Solar Orbiter-IRIS-Aditya Joint Workshop taking place from March 16th-19th 2026 in Berlin. ☀️
More infos here: www.mps.mpg.de/sow2026
#SolarOrbiter # IRIS #Aditya #heliophysics #ESA #NASA #ISRO
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SOLAR ORBITER | IRIS | ADITYA JOINT WORKSHOP March 16-19, 2026 www.mps.mpg.de/sow2026
3 unique views of the #Sun, 1 #workshop!
Register now for the Solar Orbiter-IRIS-Aditya Joint Workshop taking place from March 16th-19th 2026 in Berlin.
More infos here: https://www.mps.mpg.de/sow2026
#SolarOrbiter # IRIS #Aditya #heliophysics #ESA #NASA #ISRO
