COFFIES is heartbroken to share that our emeritus project manager, Rock Bush, passed away on Sunday, June 7. Having seen him at our January All-Hands meeting, vibrant and excited about COFFIES’s progress, this comes as a...
Read MoreIt is with great sadness that the scientific community mourns the passing of Dr. Volker Bothmer, a distinguished physicist, a visionary leader in solar and heliospheric research, and a passionate educator who brought the wonders...
Read MoreWilliam Charles Livingston, a gentle and kind man, passed away on May 2, 2026 at age 98. He joined the Solar Division of Kitt Peak National Observatory in 1959 and spent the rest of his research career with that group and its...
Read MoreIt is with great sadness that we report the passing of Prof. Dr. Alan M. Title on March 24, 2026 at the age of 88. He is survived by his wife, Dr. Ruth Peterson. Alan was born and raised in Los Angeles. He earned his B.A....
Read MoreDr. András Ludmány, a solar physicist and the former head of the now-closed Debrecen Heliophysical Observatory, passed away on March 5,2026. Dr. Ludmány was born and raised in Debrecen, the second-largest city in Hungary. He...
Read More(Photo Credit: ESA/P.Sebirot) Roger-Maurice Bonnet, born in Dourdan (Essonne, France) on December 23, 1937, passed away on January 19, 2026 in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme). Roger was a pioneer in solar space physics, a giant...
Read MoreThe solar physics community lost one of its more innovative scientists when Leif Svalgaard passed away on 11 October, shortly after having been diagnosed with cancer. Born 12 May 1942 in Copenhagen, Denmark, Leif received a B.S....
Read MoreIt is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Prof. Dr. Franz Kneer, an exceptional solar physicist, dedicated mentor, and esteemed colleague whose scientific insight and humanity profoundly shaped many younger solar...
Read MoreThomas “Tom” Holzer, a pioneering solar physicist and former director of the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) at NCAR, passed away peacefully on August 28, 2025. Born in Albuquerque, NM, and raised in Los Angeles, Tom was the...
Read MoreGérard Grec, a pioneer in helioseismology, passed away on 3 August 2025, in Nice, France. Gérard joined the first class of the astrophysics laboratory at the University of Nice created by François Roddier in 1966/67, with Éric...
Read MoreSad news has come from the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences: On 8 September 2025, at the age of 82, one of its oldest employees, Valery Aleksandrovich Kotov, who worked in the field of...
Read MoreTo the great regret of his many friends, colleagues and former students, Giuseppe (Pino) Tondello, Professor at the University of Padova, Italy, passed away on August 22, 2025. His research during a long and fruitful scientific...
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