Scottish Mars exploration plan given 4 mn pound funding

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 11:29

A space programme led by a Scottish research group has received about 4 million pounds in funding to develop a drill to explore the surface of Mars.

Solar activity weakest in a century

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 14:45

The Sun is at its weakest in 100 years despite being at the peak of its 11-year cycle, scientists have found.

Space weather `implicated` for satellite failures

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 15:26

Scientists suspect that space weather may be the culprit behind some satellite failures.

Solar storm 2013 heading towards Earth – any danger?

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 14:05

A solar storm that erupted from the sun on Tuesday is blasting billions of charged particles towards Earth at a mind-boggling speed of 3.3 million kilometre per hour.

Solar flares help solve matter-antimatter puzzle

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 12:03

Antimatter has been detected in solar flares via microwave and magnetic-field data, according to a new research.

New method proposed to predict solar flares

Last Updated: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 12:26

Researchers have tested the reliability of seven techniques against their record of predicting flares and non-flare events correctly, as well as their history of missed flares and false alarms.

Sun`s lost its head, pilots and high flyers beware

Last Updated: Friday, July 5, 2013, 10:22

Air passengers, beware. Your health and that of the crew is at stake.

Culprit behind magnetic field misbehavior in solar flares identified

Last Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 20:14

When a solar flare filled with charged particles erupts from the Sun, its magnetic fields sometime break a widely accepted rule of physics.

Sun shoots four powerful solar flares into space

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 09:07

The sun has put on a spectacular light show in recent days, firing off solar flares and coronal mass ejections that have sent particles from the sun hurtling into space at speeds of over 2,000 km per second.

Sun erupted with three X-class flares in 24 hours

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 15:30

NASA`s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of three X-class flares that the sun emitted in under 24 hours on May 12-13, 2013.

Sun`s magnetic `heartbeat` discovered

Last Updated: Sunday, April 7, 2013, 14:29

Scientists claim to have discovered a magnetic "solar heartbeat" in the Sun`s deep interior that generates energy which leads to solar flares and sunspots.

New system `may predict solar flares in advance`

Last Updated: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 09:04

Researchers may have discovered a new method to predict solar flares more than a day before they occur, providing advance warning to help protect satellites, power grids and astronauts from potentially dangerous radiation.