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Eclipse challenge

Submitted on 2021-06-01

Our telescope SWAP onboard PROBA2 will broadcast the solar eclipse of 10 June together with hidden messages. Do your own Poirot image processing to discover more about SWAP's personality and win a VIP treatment on the PROBA2 premises.

First proton event of SC25

Submitted on 2021-05-31

The first proton event of solar cycle 25 (SC25) took place on 29 May. It is the first such event since 10-11 September 2017.

A festival of M-class flares

Submitted on 2021-05-25

On 22 May, no less than 10 C-class and 2 M-class flares were registered, followed by another 4 C- and 1 M-class events during the subsequent day. The source of all this flaring activity was modest sunspot region NOAA 2824 in the northern solar hemisphere.

Topical Issue on "Ionospheric scintillations" for JSWSC

Submitted on 2021-05-25

The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) has opened a new Topical Issue on "Towards better understanding of the ionospheric plasma irregularities and scintillations"to appear in 2021/2022.

The great storm of 15 May 1921

Submitted on 2021-05-18

A century ago, on 15 May 1921, the strongest geomagnetic storm of the 20th century took place, showing brilliant polar lights and significantly impacting telegraph and other technological services.

EUI - First Light 1 year

Submitted on 2021-05-11

The 3 telescopes of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) onboard Solar Orbiter opened their doors on May 12, 2020 to photograph the Sun. This is exactly 1 year ago. This ‘First Light’ was a crucial step to get the EUI telescopes up and running and pave the path to research.