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Daystar Filters Sol 100mm dedicated solar telescope lands
Thursday, October 23, 2025 by Richard Harris
Before I ever owned a real telescope, I was building makeshift ones out of whatever lenses, tubes, and mirrors I could scrounge up. Newton would’ve been proud, or maybe concerned. And solar projection was the only way I could safely look at the Sun back then; anything more sophistica...
Largest solar telescope first light
Monday, May 5, 2025 by Richard Harris
The U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world’s most powerful solar telescope, operated by the NSF National Solar Observatory (NSO) near the summit of Maui’s Haleakalā, reached a major milestone: achieving first light with its most advanced instrument, ...
NASAs wind mission continues to provide valuable insights
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 by Richard Harris
In 1994, a year marked by significant global events such as the first World Wide Web conference in Geneva and the inaugural Chunnel train journey beneath the English Channel, NASA embarked on a groundbreaking mission. Just three years after the Cold War concluded, a U.S. spacecraft carrying a Russia...
Solar flares and CMEs spark auroras amid solar cycle 25 surge
Friday, October 18, 2024 by Richard Harris
You got to be joking, right? More giant solar flares!? Solar activity has increased significantly, leading to numerous solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and heightened aurora displays across the globe. Again, the Sun has been particularly active, producing several X-class flares, which ar...