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ISRO–ESA Heliophysics Workshop fosters global collaboration in solar research

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (UNI) An international ISRO–ESA Heliophysics Workshop, jointly organised by the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, has brought together leading scientists, young researchers and students from across the world at Kovalam to advance collaborative studies on the Sun and its impact on space weather.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday, IIST Vice-Chancellor Dr Dipankar Banerjee, along with representatives of the European Space Agency (ESA), said the workshop is enabling joint analysis of solar data from three major missions—India’s Aditya-L1 and ESA’s Solar Orbiter and Proba-3.
He noted that complementary coronagraph observations from Indian and European spacecraft are opening new scientific avenues, with data products and analytical techniques developed during the deliberations to be placed in the public domain at the earliest.
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