A year on, Aditya L-1 provides insights into space weather

AS the one-year anniversary of Aditya-L1, India's first solar observatory spacecraft, approaches on January 6, researchers highlight its ground-breaking contributions.

- RISHITA KHANNA @Bengaluru

Since being successfully inserted into a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point, the satellite has provided crucial insights into 'solar flares' (sudden, intense bursts of radiation from the Sun), offering critical insights into the dynamics of the star.

The spacecraft's observations are helping scientists understand how these powerful energy bursts influence Earth's atmosphere, disrupt satellite communications, and affect power grids.

Operating 24/7 from a vantage point four times the Earth-Moon distance, Aditya-L1 has been also studying coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and other phenomena that impact space weather, underscoring its role as an observer of the Sun.

Aditya-L1 has also delved deep into understanding coronal mass ejections (CMEs), massive eruptions of solar plasma and magnetic fields that are often linked to solar flares.