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A new member of the new solar cycle

A new sunspot has rounded the solar east limb. It belongs to the new solar cycle, which seems to have started late in 2019.

First images by Solar Orbiter

During an ESA online press briefing on 16 July, the first images from ESA’s new Sun-observing spacecraft Solar Orbiter have been released. The images are very exciting, and promise to get only better and to reveal new scientific insights!

An impressive solar corona picture

A composite of EUV and white light imagery taken during the eclipse of 2 July 2019 shows the solar corona in all its glory!

The STCE Annual Meeting

It is June, the time of the year of the annual STCE meeting. But COVID-19 forces us to rethink the concept. 

 

ISS transits the Sun

Solar observers at ROB caught the International Space Station (ISS) transiting the Sun.

A burst in flaring activity

On 29 May, the Sun surprized the space weather community with some unexpectedly strong solar flares from an active region that was still behind the solar limb.

SC24: a geomagnetic dud

The latest data confirm that solar cycle 24 is a huge disappointment in terms of geomagnetic activity.

Bright faculae fields

Bright faculae fields appeared near the east solar limb late on 16 May. They belong to the new solar cycle but alas, so far, they have remained spotless.

Active prominences

Dynamic prominences were visible at the solar limb from 8 till 10 May.

Three pairs

The last days of April, the Sun was adorned by four small sunspot groups. Three of them belonged to the new solar cycle 25.

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