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A Sunspot Seen by the Most Powerful Solar Telescope in the World
A new image from the world’s largest solar observatory shows a spectacular, high resolution view of a gigantic sunspot. The…
Neutrinos prove the Sun is doing a second kind of fusion in its core
Astronomers have detected a fusion cycle in our Sun that powers massive stars and creates the elements central to life…
Do Ripples on the Surface of the Sun tell us that a Flare is Coming?
Flares from the sun are some of the nastiest things in the solar system. When the sun flares, it belches…
Gaia has Already Given Us 5 New Insights Into the Milky Way
The European Space Agency launched the Gaia mission in 2013. The mission's overall goal was to discover the history of…
Check Out How Big the Planets and the Moon Will be in Our Sky Over the Next Two Years
Everything in space is moving. Galaxies collide and merge, massive clouds of gas migrate, and asteroids, comets, and rogue planets…
This is What the Solar System Really Looks Like
At first glance, it looks like something from an alien autopsy. A strange organ cut from a xenomorph's thorax, under…
New Solar Model Successfully Predicted Seven of the Sun’s Last Nine Big Flares
Since it launched in 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory has helped scientists understand how the Sun's magnetic field is generated…
Time-Lapse Video Reveals 10 Years of the Sun’s Life Crushed into One Stellar Hour
I forget the Sun is a star. I think we all do sometimes. It’s easy to take for granted. The…
Stars Like Our Sun Become Lithium Factories as They Die
In the beginning, the big bang created three elements: hydrogen, helium, and lithium. But it only produced a trace of…
Newborn Exoplanets can be Completely Stripped of Their Atmosphere by Stars
Newborn exoplanets can have a tough life. They may form an atmosphere, but that atmosphere can be doomed. Their stars…