BBSO & GST Press Releases
Official news releases, scientific announcements, and media highlights from Big Bear Solar Observatory and the Goode Solar Telescope (GST).
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August 05, 2026
Groundbreaking imaging with high-order adaptive optics reveals small, short-lived turbulent vortices altering models of convection and magnetic energy transport near sunspots.
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January 26, 2026Office of Of Science and Technology Policy, White House: Trump Administration Science and Technology Highlights (see page 54)
"In May 2025, scientists at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory and the New Jersey Institute of Technology used a new optical system to capture the most detailed images to date of the complex movements in the sun's atmosphere, the corona."
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May 27, 2025"Raindrops in the Sun's Corona": New Adaptive Optics Shows Stunning Details of Our Star's Atmosphere
A new optical system removes blur over fine structures in the Sun's upper atmosphere, producing unprecedented high-resolution details of coronal rain and fine magnetic loops.
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May 10, 2024
A special group of NJIT’s graduating seniors is finishing undergraduate life with a flourish — their achievements across the humanities and STEM sciences recently earned them the Outstanding Student Award at the College of Science and Liberal Arts Awards this month.
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April 29, 2024
NJIT undergraduate physics students Anneliese Schmidt ’24 and Joseph Visone ’25 finished deploying instrumentation in upstate New York to explore the question — How does the eclipse change the space environment near Earth?
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February 7, 2022
BBSO Director Prof. Wenda Cao is named to the federal advisory committee providing strategic guidance on major US astronomical facilities and investments.
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October 14, 2021
Decades of earthshine measurements conducted at Big Bear Solar Observatory reveal a measurable drop in Earth's albedo over recent years.
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July 22, 2021
National Solar Observatory's Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) facility permanently relocates to BBSO, expanding synoptic capabilities alongside GST.
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September 21, 2020
The National Science Foundation highlights BBSO's 1.6-meter Goode Solar Telescope as a flagship landmark in ground-based solar astronomy.
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November 15, 2019