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Topical Issue on Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs)

Submitted on 2023-09-04

JSWSC has opened a Topical Issue on Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs), i.e. plasma density fluctuations that propagate as waves through the ionosphere at a wide range of velocities and frequencies.

First Open Doors ever at our Radio Astronomy Station

Submitted on 2023-09-01

Don’t forget to come visit our radio antenna's in the coming weekend! It is a unique opportunity to have fun with the whole family in a beautiful environment.

Solar Orbiter Discovers Tiny Jets That Could Power the Solar Wind (NL-FR-EN)

Submitted on 2023-08-23

ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered a multitude of tiny jets of material escaping from the Sun’s outer atmosphere. Each jet lasts for between 20 and 100 seconds, and expels plasma at around 100 km/s. These jets could be the long-sought-after source of the ‘solar wind’.

STCE's Summer Games

Submitted on 2023-08-08

A few fun puzzles --all related to space weather-- have been created to survive a rainy day during these summer holidays.

NOAA 3386 has done it!... AGAIN!

Submitted on 2023-08-06

After several M-class flares during the last few days, active region NOAA 3386 finally produced an X1 flare late on 5 August. And another X1 flare on 7 August. UPDATED.

No holidays for the Sun!...

Submitted on 2023-08-01

The Sun remained busy this week producing several M-class flares. A particular impressive eruption took place on 28 July and was associated with the second moderate solar radiation storm of the ongoing Solar Cycle 25.

Heat waves on the Sun (EN-FR-NL)

Submitted on 2023-07-25

A joint scientific team led by the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the KU Leuven has found that high-frequency magnetic waves could play an essential role in keeping the Sun’s atmosphere at millions of degrees. This finding sheds a new light on the most intriguing solar mystery: what makes the Sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface?