Helio Research, a nonprofit corporation in southern California, is dedicated to research and education in
the astronomical sciences. A specialty is research on solar prominences.
The observations and analyses of solar prominences offers potential for learning why these structures
exist, how they form, and why most end their existence by eruption. These fundamental questions are
not yet fully answered and are the subjects of our research. Meanwhile this website will lead you to a lot
of intriguing information about what is known about solar prominences and their solar environment.