//www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/solar_flare/ Latest research news on solar flares, the solar cycle, geomagnetic storms and more. en-us Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:50:03 EDT Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:50:03 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/solar_flare/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230829160720.htm Astronomers have uncovered a link between Neptune's shifting cloud abundance and the 11-year solar cycle, in which the waxing and waning of the Sun's entangled magnetic fields drives solar activity. Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:07:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230829160720.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810180120.htm On Aug. 12, 2023, NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft will pass between the Sun and Earth, marking the first Earth flyby of the nearly 17-year-old mission. The visit home brings a special chance for the spacecraft to collaborate with NASA missions near Earth and reveal new insights into our closest star. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:01:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810180120.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731151552.htm Earth is rapidly warming and scientists are developing a variety of approaches to reduce the effects of climate change. An astronomer has proposed a novel approach -- a solar shield to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting Earth, combined with a tethered, captured asteroid as a counterweight. Engineering studies using this approach could start now to create a workable design that could mitigate climate change within decades. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:15:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731151552.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727144140.htm A young planet whirling around a petulant red dwarf star is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by-orbit. It is so close to its parent star that it experiences a consistent, torrential blast of energy, which evaporates its hydrogen atmosphere -- causing it to puff off the planet. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:41:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727144140.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717143208.htm A team has found that NASA's Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter frequently encounters giant swirling waves at the boundary between the solar wind and Jupiter's magnetosphere. The waves are an important process for transferring energy and mass from the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emitted by the Sun, to planetary space environments. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:32:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717143208.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120910.htm Isotope ratios found in meteorites suggest that a supernova exploded nearby while the Sun and Solar System were still forming. But the blast wave from a supernova that close could have potentially destroyed the nascent Solar System. New calculations shows that a filament of molecular gas, which is the birth cocoon of the Solar System, aided the capture of the isotopes found in the meteorites, while acting as a buffer protecting the young Solar System from the nearby supernova blast. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:09:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230622120910.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615105314.htm Extreme space weather threatens vital satellites orbiting the Earth, including the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) which pass through the heart of the outer radiation belt. New research has now determined a series of benchmarks for the likely severity of extreme space weather events in GPS orbit. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:53:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615105314.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220603.htm Researchers have unveiled the discovery of intense wave energy from a relatively cool, dark and strongly magnetized plasma region on the Sun, capable of traversing the solar atmosphere and maintaining temperatures of a million degrees Kelvin inside the corona. Researchers say the finding is the latest key to unraveling a host of related mysteries pertaining to Earth's nearest star. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:06:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220603.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230612114702.htm New simulations offer new explanation for star's 85-year flare. In this scenario, a young giant planet is burning up very close to its star, suggesting solar systems may have hosted many of such planets that have since 'evaporated'. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:47:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230612114702.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607124055.htm Researchers used data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe to explain how the solar wind is capable of surpassing speeds of 1 million miles per hour. They discovered that the energy released from the magnetic field near the sun's surface is powerful enough to drive the fast solar wind, which is made up of ionized particles -- called plasma -- that flow outward from the sun. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:40:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607124055.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230601160211.htm The new findings challenge the conventional understanding of solar dynamics and could improve predictions of solar weather in the future. Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:02:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230601160211.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230515131947.htm Astronomers have described the first radiation belt observed outside our solar system, using a coordinated array of 39 radio dishes from Hawaii to Germany to obtain high-resolution images. The images of persistent, intense radio emissions from an ultracool dwarf reveal the presence of a cloud of high-energy electrons trapped in the object's powerful magnetic field, forming a double-lobed structure analogous to radio images of Jupiter's radiation belts. Mon, 15 May 2023 13:19:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230515131947.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122026.htm For three years at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of students spent an estimated 56,000 hours analyzing the behavior of hundreds of solar flares. Their results could help astrophysicists understand how the sun's corona reaches temperatures of millions of degrees Fahrenheit. Tue, 09 May 2023 12:20:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122026.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230427223227.htm A team of Japanese astronomers used simultaneous ground-based and space-based observations to capture a more complete picture of a superflare on a star. The observed flare started with a very massive, high-velocity prominence eruption. These results give us a better idea of how superflares and stellar prominence eruptions occur. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:32:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230427223227.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404133318.htm Earth's magnetic field does more than keep everyone's compass needles pointed in the same direction. It also helps preserve Earth's sliver of life-sustaining atmosphere by deflecting high energy particles and plasma regularly blasted out of the sun. Researchers have now identified a prospective Earth-sized planet in another solar system as a prime candidate for also having a magnetic field -- YZ Ceti b, a rocky planet orbiting a star about 12 light-years away from Earth. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:33:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230404133318.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230307073158.htm A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet, according to a recent experiment. Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:31:58 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230307073158.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230221132115.htm A solar radio burst with a signal pattern, akin to that of a heartbeat, has been pinpointed in the Sun's atmosphere, according to a new study. An international team of researchers has reported uncovering the source location of a radio signal coming from within a C-class solar flare more than 5,000 kilometers above the Sun's surface. Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:21:15 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230221132115.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230209094205.htm Since their discovery by NASA's Voyager mission in the 1980s, temporary 'spoke' features across Saturn's rings have fascinated scientists, yet eluded explanation. They have been observed in the years preceding and following the planet's equinox, becoming more prominent as the date approaches. Saturn's upcoming autumnal equinox of the northern hemisphere on May 6, 2025, means that spoke season has come again. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will be on the job studying the spokes, thanks to time dedicated to Saturn in the mission's ongoing Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program. Are the smudgy features related to Saturn's magnetic field and its interaction with the solar wind, as prevailing theory suggests? Confirmation could come in this spoke season, as scientists combine archival data from NASA's Cassini mission with new Hubble observations. Thu, 09 Feb 2023 09:42:05 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/02/230209094205.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230126161919.htm Earth's potassium arrived by meteoritic delivery service finds new research led by Earth and planetary scientists. Their work shows that some primitive meteorites contain a different mix of potassium isotopes than those found in other, more-chemically processed meteorites. These results can help elucidate the processes that shaped our Solar System and determined the composition of its planets. Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:19:19 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230126161919.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221212140625.htm Researchers have discovered web-like plasma structures in the Sun's middle corona. The researchers describe their innovative new observation method, imaging the middled corona in ultraviolet (UV) wavelength. The findings could lead to a better understanding of the solar wind's origins and its interactions with the rest of the solar system. Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:06:25 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221212140625.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221205121538.htm Studying an atomic clock on-board a spacecraft inside the orbit of Mercury and very near to the Sun could be the trick to uncovering the nature of dark matter. Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:15:38 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/12/221205121538.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221110114317.htm For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA's MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet aurorae simultaneously, the result of solar storms that began on Aug. 27. Thu, 10 Nov 2022 11:43:17 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/11/221110114317.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221025201137.htm A new study has shed new light on a mysterious, unpredictable and potentially devastating kind of astrophysical event. Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:11:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/10/221025201137.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220913110429.htm Astrophysicists show how and when specific particles form and offers clues to questions that have troubled scientists since the 1940s. Tue, 13 Sep 2022 11:04:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220913110429.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220831113702.htm NASA's MAVEN and the United Arab Emirates' EMM missions have released joint observations of dynamic proton aurora events at Mars. By combining the observations, scientists determined that what they were seeing was essentially a map of where the solar wind was raining down onto the planet, opening new avenues for understanding the Martian atmosphere. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:37:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220831113702.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220823135707.htm More than 60 engineers and scientists are gathering at Southwest Research Institute Aug. 23-24 to kick off the launch vehicle collaboration for NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission. PUNCH, which will study the inception of the solar wind, has secured its ride into Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, sharing a ride into space with NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Re-ionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission. Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:57:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220823135707.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220811143029.htm The star Betelgeuse appears as a brilliant, ruby-red, twinkling spot of light in the upper right shoulder of the winter constellation Orion the Hunter. But when viewed close up, astronomers know it as a seething monster with a 400-day-long heartbeat of regular pulsations. This aging star is classified as a supergiant because it has swelled up to an astonishing diameter of approximately 1 billion miles. If placed at the center of our solar system it would reach out to the orbit of Jupiter. The star's ultimate fate is to explode as a supernova. Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:30:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/08/220811143029.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220608133620.htm A new study offers direct evidence showing where near-light speed particle acceleration occurs inside the largest explosion known in the solar system, the solar flare. Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:36:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220608133620.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220518113840.htm Researchers have learned how a type of aurora on Mars is formed. The physicists report discrete aurora form through the interaction of the solar wind and the crust at Mars' southern hemisphere. Wed, 18 May 2022 11:38:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220518113840.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220422131857.htm Scientists have detailed a roadmap for untangling a key aspect of magnetic recognition that could deepen insight into the workings of the cosmos. Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:18:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/04/220422131857.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220331101604.htm An international team of scientists has proved that Mercury, our solar system's smallest planet, has geomagnetic storms similar to those on Earth. Their finding, a first, answers the question of whether other planets, including those outside our solar system, can have geomagnetic storms regardless of the size of their magnetosphere or whether they have an Earth-like ionosphere. Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:16:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220331101604.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220324122555.htm The further we move away from a heat source, the cooler the air gets. Bizarrely, the same can't be said for the surface of the Sun, but scientists may have just explained a key part of why. Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:25:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220324122555.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220322122812.htm Astronomers identified a nearby star whose sunspot cycles appear to have stopped. Studying this star might help explain the unusual period from the mid 1600s to the early 1700s when our Sun paused its sunspot cycles. Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:28:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220322122812.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220311115322.htm Researchers have recently discovered a breakthrough in magnetic reconnection that could ultimately help predict space weather. Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:53:22 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220311115322.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220302092742.htm Many coronal loops -- ropey strands of plasma that scientists have long thought existed in the sun's atmosphere -- may actually be optical illusions, according to a new paper that challenges prevailing assumptions of what we know, and don't know, about the sun. Wed, 02 Mar 2022 09:27:42 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/03/220302092742.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/02/220225100237.htm Scientists developed a neural network deep learning technique to extract hidden turbulent motion information from observations of the Sun. Tests on three different sets of simulation data showed that it is possible to infer the horizontal motion from data for the temperature and vertical motion. This technique will benefit solar astronomy and other fields such as plasma physics, fusion science, and fluid dynamics. Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:02:37 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/02/220225100237.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/01/220127114332.htm Astronomers have presented a new explanation for the mysterious downward-moving dark voids seen in some solar flares. Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:43:32 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/01/220127114332.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/01/220126144204.htm Through analysis of ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, a research team has found evidence of an extreme solar storm that occurred about 9,200 years ago. What puzzles the researchers is that the storm took place during one of the sun's more quiet phases -- during which it is generally believed our planet is less exposed to such events. Wed, 26 Jan 2022 14:42:04 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/01/220126144204.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/12/211214134947.htm On April 28, 2021, NASA's Parker Solar Probe reached the sun's extended solar atmosphere, known as the corona, and spent five hours there. The spacecraft is the first to enter the outer boundaries of our sun. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:49:47 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/12/211214134947.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/12/211209124244.htm Last year, scientists looked on as a star called EK Draconis ejected a massive burst of energy and charged particles many times more powerful than anything recorded on Earth's sun. Such explosive events may have been common in the early years of our solar system, the researchers say. Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:42:44 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/12/211209124244.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211027122054.htm 地球的大气层被用作“laboratory' to carry out a physics experiment which could help to improve the performance of GPS. Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:20:54 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211027122054.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211011110806.htm Using the world's most powerful radio antenna, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets. Mon, 11 Oct 2021 11:08:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211011110806.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210927102600.htm Analyzing observations of an X-ray flare and fitting the data with theoretical models, astronomers documented a fatal encounter between an unlucky star and a black hole. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:26:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210927102600.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210902125019.htm Aviation guidelines aim to mitigate the effects of radiation, mainly caused by galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic particles, or SEP. The fluxes in the former are stable and predictable: dose rates are no higher than 10 µSv/h at the normal flight altitude of 12 km. But in the case of SEP, does the frequency of detected solar flares justify the costs of countermeasures? Current mitigation procedures instruct planes to lower altitude or change or cancel flight paths altogether, significantly raising expenses. Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:50:19 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210902125019.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210826111716.htm A human space mission would be viable if it doesn't exceed four years, an international research team concludes in new research. Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:17:16 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210826111716.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210817131420.htm 太阳会导致一些暴力活动ost extreme space weather events on Earth, impacting systems such as satellites, communications systems, power distribution and aviation. The roughly 11 year cycle of solar activity has three 'seasons', each of which affects the space weather felt at Earth differently: (i) solar maximum, the sun is active and disordered, when space weather is stormy and events are irregular (ii) the declining phase, when the sun and solar wind becomes ordered, and space weather is more moderate and (iii) solar minimum, when activity is quiet. Scientists found that the change from solar maximum to the declining phase is fast, happening within a few (27 day) solar rotations. Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:14:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210817131420.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210811100810.htm Researchers have developed a novel technique to investigate the dynamics of the early Solar System by analyzing magnetites in meteorites utilizing the wave nature of electrons. Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:08:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210811100810.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210809105853.htm Scientists show that 'cool' stars like the sun share dynamic surface behaviors that influence their energetic and magnetic environments. Stellar magnetic activity is key to whether a given star can host planets that support life. Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:58:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210809105853.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210805115530.htm Understanding the Sun's magnetic dynamo could help predict solar weather, such as potentially dangerous geothermal storms, solar flares and sunspots. Mathematicians have proposed a new model of the Sun that matches observed data. Thu, 05 Aug 2021 11:55:30 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210805115530.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210804123001.htm New research provides a closer look at a nearby star thought to resemble our young Sun. The work allows scientists to better understand what our Sun may have been like when it was young, and how it may have shaped the atmosphere of our planet and the development of life on Earth. Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:30:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/08/210804123001.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210728105700.htm Middle-aged stars can experience their own kind of midlife crisis, experiencing dramatic breaks in their activity and rotation rates at about the same age as our Sun, according to new research. The study provides a new theoretical underpinning for the unexplained breakdown of established techniques for measuring ages of stars past their middle age, and the transition of solar-like stars to a magnetically inactive future. Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:57:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210728105700.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210722163026.htm A new approach to analysing the development of magnetic tangles on the Sun has led to a breakthrough in a longstanding debate about how solar energy is injected into the solar atmosphere before being released into space, causing space weather events. The first direct evidence that field lines become knotted before they emerge at the visible surface of the Sun has implications for our ability to predict the behavior of active regions and the nature of the solar interior. Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:30:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210722163026.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210722121242.htm Any life identified on planets orbiting white dwarf stars almost certainly evolved after the star's death, says a new study that reveals the consequences of the intense and furious stellar winds that will batter a planet as its star is dying. Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:12:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210722121242.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210719120338.htm A serendipitous flythrough of the tail of a disintegrated comet has offered scientists a unique opportunity to study these remarkable structures. Mon, 19 Jul 2021 12:03:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210719120338.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210714110441.htm 太阳物理学家更详细地描述's electric field. The researchers measured the flow of electrons streaming from the sun as the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft made its closest approach to date to our home star. Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:04:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210714110441.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210709193609.htm Researchers combined close-up observations of Jupiter's environment by NASA's satellite Juno, which is currently orbiting the planet, with simultaneous X-ray measurements from the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton observatory (which is in Earth's own orbit). The X-rays are part of Jupiter's aurora -- bursts of visible and invisible light that occur when charged particles interact with the planet's atmosphere. A similar phenomenon occurs on Earth, creating the northern lights, but Jupiter's is much more powerful, releasing hundreds of gigawatts of energy, enough to briefly power all of human civilization. Fri, 09 Jul 2021 19:36:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210709193609.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210702154314.htm A new study disputes the prevailing hypothesis on why Mercury has a big core relative to its mantle. For decades, scientists argued that hit-and-run collisions blew away much of Mercury's rocky mantle and left the big, dense, metal core inside. But new research reveals that collisions are not to blame -- instead, the density, mass and iron content of a rocky planet's core is influenced by its distance from the sun's magnetic field. Fri, 02 Jul 2021 15:43:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/07/210702154314.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210616143251.htm The long relationships between stars and the planets around them - including the Sun and the Earth - may be even more complex than previously thought. This is one conclusion of a new study involving thousands of stars using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:32:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210616143251.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210614185559.htm A team of researchers working with data collected by an Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) have examined the simultaneous impacts of thunderstorms and solar flares on the ionospheric D-region (often referred to as the edge of space). Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:55:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210614185559.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210614153944.htm For the first time, the boundary of the heliosphere has been mapped, giving scientists a better understanding of how solar and interstellar winds interact. Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:39:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/06/210614153944.htm