This page contains links to recent press releases involving UK solar physics.

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Archive of Press Releases

This list details press releases about solar missions and research by individuals, teams and institutions covered under the UKSP umbrella.

2009

• ‘Quiet Sun’ baffling astronomers (April 21); BBC News
• Solar sigmoids explained (April 20); RAS
• Scientists find solution to solar puzzle (March 20); University of Sheffield Media Centre

2008

• STEREO snaps first footage of a solar tsunami (April 2); RAS
• Medical X-ray technique unveils the Sun’s corona (April 1); RAS
• The source of the solar wind (March 31); RAS
• The Sun’s magnetic fountains (March 31); RAS

2007

• Giant pipe organ in the solar atmosphere (April 19); RAS
• STEREO gives astronomers first look at the space between the Earth and the Sun (April 17); RAS
• The angry Sun: STEREO and Hinode watch explosions in the solar corona (April 17); RAS
• Skeleton of Sun’s atmosphere reveals its true nature (April 16); RAS
• UK and Polish team to observe the Sun’s atmosphere from Libya during 29 March 2006 eclipse (April 7); RAS