Scientists Solve Mystery of Long-Lived Solar Prominences
The Sun’s outer layer is extremely hot, but not uniform. Amid the million-degree corona, there are cooler, denser…
Scientists Observe Electrical Discharges on Trees under Thunderstorms
Most people know about lightning and the havoc it wreaks on forests. They do not know about the…
Magnetic Avalanches Ignite Solar Flares, New Solar Orbiter Observations Reveal
New high-resolution observations by ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission show that solar flares are driven by cascading magnetic reconnection…
Bill to repeal Parliamentary Pensions Act gazetted
The Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) bill has been gazetted to repeal the Parliamentary Pensions Act, No. 1 of 1977.…