National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Marshall Space Flight Center

Hi-C

IN THE NEWS

2020 Nov 17:

2021 NASA Calendar (March!) & Explore Science Planning Guide

2020 Apr 16:

Rocket-Borne Telescope Detects Super-Fine Strands on the Sun

2020 Apr 9:

NASA solar mission spots wild threads woven into the sun's atmosphere

2018 Jun 5:

NASA’s Hi-C launches to study Sun’s corona

2018 May 29:

Successful re-flight (Hi-C 2.1)!

2016 Jul 22:

Hi-C to Show the Sun's Corona in Sharp Detail

Disclaimer:

In NONE of our presentation materials, nor in our Nature publication, did we make the claim or statement that the Hi-C [1] observations have "solved the Coronal Heating problem". In fact, we worked quite hard to make it clear that our observations are but a glimpse at field dissipation and nowhere near the level of data needed to fully address the problems of coronal heating, magnetic reconnection, or space weather. There has been some artistic license on the part of some publications, but overall we are very grateful for the generous and positive coverage our mission has received.

- Dr. Jonathan Cirtain for the Hi-C [1] team.

2014 Jun 24:

Royal Astronomical Society — Solar moss shakes at 16,000 km an hour

2013 Jul 17:

Solar Science — Heliophysics Nugget: How To Share Sun Observations With the World

2013 Jul 1:

redOrbit — Stunning New Solar Atmosphere Images Could Help Solve Longstanding Mysteries

Phys.org — Rocket-launched camera reveals highways and sparkles in the solar atmosphere

The Indian Express — Sharpest ever images of the Sun's atmosphere captured

SEN — 'Sparkles' could be heating the Sun's atmosphere

BBC News — Rocket camera catches Sun 'sparkles'

French Tribune — Hi-C Captures Sharpest Images of Solar Corona

2013 Jan 25:

ARS Technica — NASA rockets up a telescope to solve mysteries of the Sun's corona

ITWire — Magnetic braids found in Sun

2013 Jan 24:

The Guardian — High-resolution Nasa images show magnetic braids of the sun - video

Huffington Post — 'Magnetic Braids' In Sun's Outer Atmosphere May Help Explain Star's Super-Hot Corona, Space Weather

Science World Report — NASA Scope Reveals Magnetic 'Braids' in Sun's Corona; Hot and Hotter

Science Recorder — NASA gets a view of the inner workings of the Sun

Wired UK — Telescope reveals how sun stores and releases energy

Clevelander — New High-Resolution Images of the Sun Will Help to Predict Violent Solar Eruptions

ABC Science — Sun's hot mystery solved

French Tribune — Why Corona is Hot? NASA Finds Out

Gizmodo Australia — NASA Just Saw More Of The Sun Than Ever Before

The Inquisitor — NASA: New Sun Images Might Provide Quicker Solar Flare Alerts

RTT News — NASA Telescope Observes How Sun Stores And Releases Energy

Popular Science — In 5-Minute Journey, Flying Telescope Cracks Mystery Of Solar Atmosphere

NBCNews — NASA Telescope Reveals 'Magnetic Braids' in Sun's Atmosphere

Web Pro News — NASA Telescope Finds Evidence of Solar Braiding

Space Fellowship — 'Hi-C' Mission Sees Energy in the Sun's Corona

Voice of America — NASA Telescope Spots Solar Braids

Stuff.co.nz — Magnetic fields power Sun's hottest point