Big Bear Solar Observatory

BBSO/NST Press Release

July 22, 2021: Big Bear Solar Observatory Becomes Home to NSF's SOLIS Telescope
July 22, 2021: NSF’s National Solar Observatory breaks ground on new telescope site in California
Sept 21, 2020: NSF's Study Assesses 30 Years of Landmark Astronomical Advances, Highlights NJIT's Big Bear
November 15, 2019: Images from NJIT Big Bear Solar Observatory Peel Away Layers of a Stellar Mystery
June 27, 2018: New Instruments and Funding Expand Views of the Sun at Big Bear
Mar 29, 2017: Igniting a Solar Flare in the Corona with Lower-Atmosphere Kindling
Jan 11, 2017: Next-Generation Optics Offer the Widest Real-Time Views of Vast Regions of the Sun
Oct 11, 2016: The Sun's Coronal Tail Wags its Photospheric Dog
August 31, 2015: NJIT Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize & Medal 2015 - Dr. Haiman Wang (video)
Apr 29, 2015: NJIT's New Solar Telescope Peers Deep into the Sun to Track the Origins of Space Weather
Apr 29, 2015: ScienceDaily: New solar telescope unveils the complex dynamics of sunspots' dark cores.
Feb 17, 2015: BBSO VIS H-alpha image is featured in the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) on 2015 February 17.
Nov 20, 2014: Story from the "Big Bear Originals" Series by Katherine Davis-Young (video)
Jun 11 2014: At the Forefront of Solar Science
May 2014: The Sun Watchers (video)
Aug 6 2013: New and Remarkable Details of Sunspots Now Available from NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory
Jan 11 2011: New Insights into Sun's Photosphere Reported by NJIT Researcher at Big Bear
Aug 24 2010: See Amazing New Sun Images From NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory
Aug 4 2010: NJIT Physicist Gets $2.4 Million NSF Grant To Improve Optics To See More of Sun
May 20 2009: World's Largest Telescope at NJIT's Big Bear Captures Sun's Magnetic Field Better
Mar 10 2008: NJIT Overseers To Award NJIT Physicist New Prize and Medal for Design, Development and Construction of New, Top Solar Observatory - Prof. Phil Goode