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Astronomers See Flashes on the Sun That Could be a Sign of an Upcoming Flare
Using data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, scientists have discovered new clues that could help predict when and where the…
How Crazy Magnetic Fields Drive the Sun Mad
Solar coronal jets are fast moving plumes of plasma that erupt suddenly from the polar regions of the Sun. Astronomers…
133 Days of the Sun’s Glory
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has released an hour-long time-lapse video that shows 133 days of the Sun's life. The…
How Many Stars Formed Together With the Sun in Our Stellar Nebula?
Even though our Sun is now a solitary star, it still has siblings somewhere in the Milky Way. Stars form…
Aztecs Used an Extremely Accurate Solar Observatory to Manage Their Farming
A new study demonstrates how the Mexico (Aztecs) kept track of solar cycles to guide their agricultural practices
NASA Tests a Solar Sail Segment of its Enormous Solar Cruiser Mission
A team led by NASA Marshall was selected to build a technology demonstrator called the Solar Cruiser to mature solar…
The Sun Could Hurl Powerful Storms at Earth From its Goofy Smile
Our Sun is the very reason we’re alive. It provides warmth and the energy our planet needs to keep going.…
Meet The Solar Ring: A Proposed Spacecraft That Will Have a Panoramic View of the Sun
The Sun is active, dynamic, and occasionally violent. Unfortunately our view of the Sun is limited to a small handful…
The Most Devastating Solar Storms in History are Scoured Into Tree Rings
Trees are like sentinels that preserve a record of shifting climates. Their growth rings hold that history and dendrochronology studies…
The History of the Sun is Written on the Moon
If you want to learn about the history of the Sun, then look no further than the Moon. That's the…