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Win a Copy of “Our Explosive Sun”

For us humans, the Sun as seen with the naked eye appears as a static and quiet yellow disk in the sky. However, it is in fact a stormy and variable star and contributes much more than only light and heat. It is the source of the beautiful northern and southern lights and can affect our technology-based society in many ways. Want to find out more?

Thanks to Springer, Universe Today has 10 copies to give away of Pål Brekke’s book, Our Explosive Sun; A Visual Feast of Light and Life. To enter the contest, just send us an email with the subject line “Explosive Sun” and Fraser will choose 10 winners randomly from the all the entries received. The contest is open to anyone, from anywhere in the world.

The book provides a detailed introduction to the dynamics of the Sun and how it affects Earth, both physically and culturally. It includes stunning visuals and
several images never published before. Also included are animations, videos and a PowerPoint presentation as part of SpringerExtras.

You can read a guest post here on UT about the Sun by Brekke.

Thanks again to Springer for sponsoring this contest.

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy has been with Universe Today since 2004, and has published over 6,000 articles on space exploration, astronomy, science and technology. She is the author of two books: "Eight Years to the Moon: the History of the Apollo Missions," (2019) which shares the stories of 60 engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make landing on the Moon possible; and "Incredible Stories from Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos" (2016) tells the stories of those who work on NASA's robotic missions to explore the Solar System and beyond. Follow Nancy on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Nancy_A and and Instagram at and https://www.instagram.com/nancyatkinson_ut/

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