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JANUARY 1, 2026

NJIT Researchers Discover Long-Hidden Source of Gamma Rays Unleashed by Solar Flares

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth’s nearest star produces its most violent eruptions.In findings published in Nature Astronomy, scientis...
NOVEMBER 11, 2025

NJIT Scientists Track Recent Solar Flare Disruptions in Earth’s Ionosphere

As this month’s string of powerful X-class solar flares sparked brilliant aurorae that lit up skies across an unusually wide swath of the globe — from northern Europe to Florida — researchers at NJIT’...
OCTOBER 10, 2025

NJIT Researchers, Ham Radio Operators Partner to Track Impact of Space Weather

Researchers from four universities, including New Jersey Institute of Technology, are expanding a network of ham radio operators in North America to better track how the earth’s upper atmosphere is im...
MAY 5, 2025

"Raindrops in the Sun's Corona": New Adaptive Optics Shows Stunning Details of our Star's Atmosphere

The Sun’s corona—the outermost layer of its atmosphere, visible only during a total solar eclipse—has long intrigued scientists due to its extreme temperatures, violent eruptions, and large prominence...
MAY 5, 2025

2025 HCSLA Awards Cap Historic Year, Honor Princeton University Press Director

NJIT’s Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts (HCSLA) capped one of the most eventful years in its history with its annual awards ceremony recently — the first under its new name, which was pro...