Thanks to Sunrise III, researchers were able to track acoustic waves within the photosphere and chromosphere for the first ...

A scientific balloon observatory named Sunrise III recently observed the Sun for over six days. It captured detailed images ...

For six and a half days in July 2024, the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III kept its gaze fixed on the sun. The stratospheric flight, which stretched from the northernmost tip of Sweden to ...

SNIFS mission team. Image Credit: NASA. On July 18, NASA successfully launched a sounding rocket mission from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, carrying a remarkable new technology. Its ...

The chromosphere still continues to puzzle scientists. How is it possible that with increasing distance from the Sun’s hot core the temperature in this layer increases on average by 6000 Kelvin? "At ...

Scientists have unravelled the science behind the jets of plasma - the fourth state of matter consisting of electrically charged particles that occur just about everywhere in the sun’s chromosphere, ...

The details of the mechanism(s) responsible for the observed heating and dynamics of the solar atmosphere still remain a mystery. Magnetohydrodynamic waves are thought to have a vital role in this ...

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