Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

Fragen und Antworten

Sonnenstürme und Sonnenaktivität January 2013 Antworten auf die zehn wichtigsten Fragen. Die Sonne befindet sich derzeit in einer Phase hoher Aktivität, in der es immer wieder zu Sonneneruptionen kommt. Auch auf der Erde können sich diese Ereignisse bemerkbar machen ... [mehr]

Press Release

Sunrise 2 beendet seine Reise zur aktiven Sonne Press Release 10/2013 - June 18, 2013 Das ballongetragene Sonnenobservatorium Sunrise ist gestern auf der Halbinsel Boothia im Norden Kanadas gelandet. Nach mehr als fünftägigem Flug ist das ballongetragene Sonnenobservatorium Sunrise gestern, 17. Juni 2013, um 14.41 Uhr (MESZ) im Norden Kanadas an einem Fallschirm gelandet. Die Landestelle liegt auf der Halbinsel Boothia, der nördlichsten Halbinsel des kanadischen Festlandes. ... [more]

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Sunrise 2 successfully launched Press Release 9/2013 - June 12, 2013 The balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise has lifted off - and will now begin its unique journey to the active Sun. The balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise has lifted off successfully from Esrange Space Center in the north of Sweden. Today at 7.37 a.m. CEST the launching vehicle released the gondola and the huge balloon lifted Sunrise into the sky. Ever since in the past week the last ground-based tests had been completed, the team has been waiting for ... [more]

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Sunrise 2: A journey to the active Sun Press Release 8/2013 - June 3, 2013 Four years after its first mission, the Sunrise team is preparing the balloon-borne solar observatory for a second flight. The launch is expected in the next days. After two months of preparations in Kiruna in the north of Sweden, the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise is ready for its next flight: only a last ground-based rehearsal is still necessary. As soon as the weather conditions are right, a huge, helium-filled balloon will carry Sunrise ... [more]

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