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A long-standing mystery about the Sun’s powerful solar flares has finally been solved. Scientists have confirmed a ...

Report Series: Committee on Solar and Space Physics: Agile Responses to Short-Notice Rideshare Opportunities for the NASA Heliophysics Division explores the kinds of solar and space science that would ...

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It is easy for solar physics students to work in more than one research area, or with a professor in one of our many affiliated institutions.

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As humans, we’re curious about how we got here. When we look out at the night sky, we see stars and planets, even galaxies.

Qi Zhang, a doctoral student at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and Umeå University, explores in her doctoral thesis ...

The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE physics students studying the structure of the Solar System, the Sun, orbital motion and orbits and speed - Higher. If you struggled with the quiz ...