RoCS aims to understand the Sun's Magnetic Field - its ability to produce violent explosions and activity in the sun's atmosphere.
Our research themes
We push the boundaries of solar physics by exploiting and extending the unique combination of cutting edge expertise in observations and numerical simulations.
Research news
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EU Grant gives computing time to simulate the Sun
Rosseland Centre of Solar Physics (RoCS) got 167 million CPU hours to study the Sun.
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Small-scale magnetism leads to large-scale solar atmosphere
Thanks to close-up images of the Sun obtained during Solar Orbiter’s perihelion passage of October 2022, solar physicists have seen how fleeting magnetic fields at the solar surface build up into the solar atmosphere
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Tiny episodes may have large consequences on the Sun
ESA’s Solar Orbiter may have taken another step towards solving the eighty-year-old mystery of why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is so hot.
News from the centre
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The artistic exploration of the Sun Mar. 12, 2024
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Exploring the Sun's secrets Jan. 31, 2024
Content Annual Report
In RoCS Annual Report you can read about:
- Our science activities by theme
- Glimpses from the life at RoCS
- International Rosseland Visitor Programme
Events and seminars
Vacancies
Our blog posts
A blog about the birth of the Universe, telescopes and satellites, life-giving stars, rain on the Sun, and much more … told by the Women exploring it.