News articles tagged with 'flare'
The strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements
— 26 Aug 2010 08:49 | PhysicsIt's a mystery that presented itself unexpectedly: The radioactive decay of some elements sitting quietly in laboratories on Earth seemed to be influenced by activities inside the sun,…
Fermi sees brightest-ever blazar flare
— 10 Dec 2009 09:05 | AstronomyA galaxy located billions of light-years away is commanding the attention of NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and astronomers around the globe. Thanks to a series of flares that…
Hubble witnesses spectacular flaring in extragalactic jet from M87's black hole
— 15 Apr 2009 03:27 | AstronomyA flare-up in a jet of matter blasting from a monster black hole is giving astronomers an incredible light show. The outburst is coming from a blob of matter, called HST-1, embedded…
NASA's Fermi telescope reveals best-ever view of the gamma-ray sky
— 12 Mar 2009 13:30 | AstronomyA new map combining nearly three months of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is giving astronomers an unprecedented look at the high-energy cosmos. To Fermi's eyes, the…
NASA's Swift, Fermi probe fireworks from a flaring gamma-ray star
— 11 Feb 2009 09:20 | AstronomyAstronomers using NASA's Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope are seeing frequent blasts from a stellar remnant 30,000 light-years away. The high-energy fireworks arise…
C1XS catches first glimpse of X-ray from the moon
— 23 Jan 2009 20:30 | AstronomyThe C1XS X-ray camera, jointly developed by the UK's STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has successfully detected its first X-ray…
Solar flare surprise
— 16 Dec 2008 15:02 | AstronomySolar flares are the most powerful explosions in the solar system. Packing a punch equal to a hundred million hydrogen bombs, they obliterate everything in their immediate vicinity.…
Swift captures the brightest flare ever seen
— 19 May 2008 16:50 | AstronomyOn 25 April NASA's Swift satellite picked up the brightest flare ever seen from a normal star other than our Sun. The flare, an explosive release of energy from a star, packed the power…
Powerful starquakes ripple around the Sun
— 18 Apr 2008 15:32 | AstronomyData from the ESA/NASA spacecraft SOHO shows clearly that powerful starquakes ripple around the Sun in the wake of mighty solar flares that explode above its surface. The observations…
'Focused' solar explosions get hotter
— 3 Apr 2008 12:09 | AstronomyUsing data from the Hinode and RHESSI solar observatories, astronomers have discovered that solar flares - explosions in the atmosphere of the sun - get much hotter when they stay 'focused.'…