Scientists will launch an instrument into orbit to study solar flare embryos

Scientists from the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FIAN) have developed a device that will help study the Sun from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in the terahertz range of electromagnetic radiation. Such studies will be conducted for the first time in the world.

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The device will be sent into orbit by the end of the year, and in the first half of 2026 specialists will receive the first scientific data from it.

According to scientists, the experiment will allow to find and study the components of energy release processes, which are largely responsible for the formation of solar flares.

As a result, specialists will get data that will help to give better forecasts of space weather and magnetic storms on Earth.

"Analysis of the data allowed us to establish that during strong solar flares, the radiation spectrum in the terahertz region does not correlate with other bands. In particular, when in the microwave spectrum at frequencies above 70-100 GHz there is a significant decrease in fluxes, in the terahertz part, on the contrary, an increase in radiation fluxes was detected," - told "Izvestia" project leader, head of the Laboratory of solar physics and cosmic rays FIAN Vladimir Makhmutov.

The scientist explained that these effects may indicate the beginning of the processes of accumulation and release of energy, which lead to the development of solar flare.

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