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On Friday, 25 September 2026, SPEARHEAD took part in Researchers’ Night 2026 at the National Observatory of Athens in Thiseio, welcoming a large and enthusiastic crowd to explore the world of heliophysics and space weather.

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From 4 to 11 September 2026, Kiel became a meeting point for the energetic-particle and space-weather community as the SPEARHEAD School and Workshop #3 brought together students, early-career researchers, project scientists and invited experts for eight days of training, scientific exchange and collaboration at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU).

The final two days of the SPEARHEAD Workshop #3 in Kiel brought together observations, modeling, new scientific results and SPEARHEAD tools across a broad range of energetic-particle topics.

Following four intensive days of lectures, hands-on training and scientific exchange during the SPEARHEAD School, yesterday, 9 September 2026, marked the beginning of SPEARHEAD Workshop #3 at Kiel University, Germany.

Day 3 of the SPEARHEAD School 2026 continued the journey through energetic-particle physics, combining lectures on Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs), Forbush Decreases (FDs) and Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs) with hands-on exploration of tools developed within the SPEARHEAD and SOLER projects.

The second day of the SPEARHEAD School 2026 continued the combination of scientific lectures, practical training and direct exposure to the infrastructure supporting heliophysics research.

The SPEARHEAD School 2026 officially started yesterday on 4 September in Kiel, Germany, bringing together students, early-career researchers and experts for five days of lectures, practical exercises and hands-on training focused on high-energy particles in the heliosphere.

The SPEARHEAD Horizon Europe project is pleased to announce that all major catalogues developed within the project are now publicly accessible through the new Catalogues & Data section of the SPEARHEAD website. The collection brings together unique datasets covering Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs), Solar Energetic Electrons (SEEs), and Forbush decreases, providing researchers with new opportunities to investigate particle acceleration, transport, and space weather phenomena throughout the heliosphere.

SPEARHEAD consortium members actively participated in the SOLER User Workshop, held from 30 June to 3 July 2026 at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), Germany. The workshop brought together experts in solar physics, heliophysics, and space weather to explore advanced data analysis tools and methodologies for studying solar eruptions and their effects throughout the heliosphere.

The SPEARHEAD project is prominently represented at the SCOSTEP Symposium 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece, with four posters highlighting recent advances in solar energetic particle (SEP) research, data analysis tools, and multi-spacecraft observations.

The contributions reflect the project’s mission to improve our understanding of the acceleration, transport, and observation of high-energy particles throughout the heliosphere through coordinated observations, modelling, and open scientific resources.

We are pleased to announce the release of the new Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) event catalogue based on observations from ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission. The catalogue is now openly available through Zenodo and provides the scientific community with a valuable resource for the study of SEP events during Solar Cycle 25.