Scientists gather to present and discuss ground-breaking results from the Sunrise III observatory, the largest solar telescope ever to leave the ground
During its 6.5-day flight along the Arctic Circle, the SUNRISE III balloon observatory collected new, unprecedented solar observations spanning the…
International conference on telescopes and instrumentation at KIS
International conference on telescopes and instrumentation at KIS
In late January the Institute of Solar Physics (KIS) hosted an international…
Megaelectronvolt-peaked electrons in a coronal source of a solar flare
A team of scientists from NJIT and KIS have identified a previously unknown class of high-energy particles in the upper atmosphere of the Sun as the…
Students observing remotely with Gregor
Remote Observations at the Gregor Solar Telescope at the INFIERI summer school in Pisa from September 1st to 13th.
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The stability of sunspots: 400-year-old mystery now solved by astrophysicists at the Freiburg Institute of Solar Physics (KIS)
Sunspots are the most striking phenomenon of the solar magnetic field. After the invention of the telescope early in the 17th century, the Italian…
First solar observations with unique instrument at the world's largest solar telescope
The Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS) located in Freiburg Germany has installed a high-precision measuring instrument for the world's largest solar…
KIS in ARD news in prime time
On the Christmas eve, 2024-Dec-24, Parker Solar Probe had a closest Sun encounter; KIS scientist, Gregory Fleishman, commented on that in the main…
New DFG proposal funded at the Solar Magnetism group
The German Science Foundation (DFG) has recently funded a proposal MIRACLE: Magnetic Interactions Releasing Acceleration in Coronal-flaring Loop…
Level 2 data products for the Chromospheric Telescope (ChroTel)
We have integrated Level 2 data products for the Chromospheric Telescope (ChroTel) into the SDC data archive, including: Intensity-corrected…
Astro Lab in Ancient Solar Observatory on Schauinsland
For the first time since 2019, the Astronomical Lab Experiment was carried out in the ancient Solar Observatory on Schauinsland.