The following 3 institutions are hosting the WISER Regional Centres of Excellence which coordinate the research and training activities in each region.

• Asia-Pacific Region: National Institute for Theoretical Physics - NITP, Adelaide University, Australia
• Pan-American Region : National Institute for Space Research - INPE, Brazil
• Afro-European Region: International Centre for Theoretical Physics - ICTP, Italy

The Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) on board the Yohkoh satellite was designed to study the solar corona. This image taken on 14 December 2001 shows the solar active regions. (Image Credit: ISAS)

Aurorae are light emissions resulting from the interaction of charged particles from the Sun and from the magnetosphere with the Earth's atmosphere during magnetic storms. This image shows massive green arc and curtain auroral display above the forest in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Image Credit: Jan Curtis)