{"id":119104,"date":"2024-10-27T23:01:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T16:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119104"},"modified":"2024-10-27T23:01:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T16:01:25","slug":"first-images-of-the-suns-flares-released-from-a-new-space-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119104","title":{"rendered":"First Images of the Sun\u2019s Flares Released From a New Space Telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Before <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/11\/science\/northern-lights-world-photos.html\" title=\"\">the northern lights<\/a> fill the night sky on Earth with their eerie neon glow, a blast of electrified gas flares up from the sun\u2019s surface. And scientists are now getting a powerful new view of how those ejections move through the corona, the sun\u2019s tempestuous outer atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nesdis.noaa.gov\/news\/noaa-shares-imagery-worlds-first-operational-space-based-coronagraph\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">unveiled the first imagery<\/a> from its newest telescope in space. Meteorologists will use pictures from the device to help them better forecast space weather, including when you can expect to see auroras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The new instrument is called the Compact Coronagraph, or CCOR-1. It launched in June aboard GOES-19, the newest of NOAA\u2019s fleet of weather satellites. The coronagraph can continuously monitor the sun, and it will send data to scientists on the ground every 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe forecasts can always count on it,\u201d said James Spann, the senior scientist of space weather observations at NOAA, which operates the satellite. He added that CCOR-1 was the first coronagraph devoted to forecasting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the past, scientists have relied on imagery from satellites that are primarily used for longer-term scientific research, including <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/lasco-coronagraph\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an instrument on SOHO<\/a>, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, a joint mission by NASA and the European Space Agency. But according to Dr. Spann, research satellites aren\u2019t designed for continuously gathering data, meaning that forecasters may be left blind to solar activity for hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">CCOR-1 is one solution to that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The coronagraph is essentially a solar telescope that observes the corona, the wispy, outer part of the sun\u2019s atmosphere. The corona is typically invisible from Earth, although it can be spotted <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/04\/01\/science\/total-solar-eclipse-science-research.html\" title=\"\">during a total eclipse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The new telescope uses a mask to block light from the sun, much like an eclipsing moon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Explosions like the one caught by CCOR-1 are created by unstable contortions in the magnetic field of the sun, which cause it to expel hot plasma into its atmosphere. Sometimes these storms, called coronal mass ejections, are pointed toward Earth, generating <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/11\/science\/northern-lights-world-photos.html\" title=\"\">scores of shimmering lights<\/a> in our night skies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAurorae are the most visible expression of space weather,\u201d Dr. Spann said. \u201cIt\u2019s like the icing on the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But space weather can also have dire effects. Radiation from solar activity can harm astronauts on the International Space Station. It heats up Earth\u2019s atmosphere, affecting GPS satellites and other communications systems in orbit. It can also cause power grids to fail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Earlier this month, NASA and NOAA <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-research\/heliophysics\/nasa-noaa-sun-reaches-maximum-phase-in-11-year-solar-cycle\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that the sun had reached a peak in activity, which fluctuates in an 11-year cycle. A heightened number of solar storms could continue for the next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That makes it ever important <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/25\/science\/mike-bettwy-solar-flares-storms.html\" title=\"\">for space weather forecasters to stay prepared<\/a>, lest a particularly powerful blast of solar material knock out systems across a large portion of the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a matter of if,\u201d Dr. Spann said. \u201cIt\u2019s a matter of when a big one is going to occur.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/27\/science\/solar-flare-telescope-sun.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the northern lights fill the night sky on Earth with their eerie neon glow, a blast of electrified gas flares up from the sun\u2019s surface. 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