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Jaw-Dropping Sunset Timelapse from Sweden
This is not your basic sunset timelapse! It combines a close-up view of the Sun with a solar telescope along…
How Do You Make A Space Weather Forecast For Venus?
Here's another marvel of technology: there are people on Earth who are formulating solar weather forecasts ... for Venus. While…
Titan Balloon Among Far-Out Concepts NASA Selects For Funding
Sometimes a good idea takes some tinkering. You have a thought that it will work, but what it really requires…
Astrophoto: Sunset Echo
Sunset on Tatooine? Nah, just an unusual combination of a dazzling orange sunset, clouds and a sun pillar that creates…
How Much Can Titan’s Sunsets Teach Us About Alien Planets?
Titan -- that smoggy, orangy moon circling Saturn -- is of great interest to exobiologists because its chemistry could be…
Astrophotos: The Wispy Edge of the Sun
It's like a total solar eclipse -- without the Moon! Using a special hydrogen-alpha filter that completely blocks the Sun’s…
If Pigs Could Fly – A Quick Guide to Solar Halos and Other Curiosities
Call it a porcine occultation. It took nearly a year but I finally got help from the ornamental pig in…
Astrophoto: Space Station Creates a Zipper on the Sun
"I've been wanting to get one of these for ages!" said astrophotographer Roger Hutchinson from London, England. This awesome image…
Earth’s Lightning Ramps Up With The Solar Wind: Study
As the northern hemisphere enters the hazy days of summer, thunderstorms will freckle many of our nights and days. What…
Observing Alert: See Mercury’s Best Evening Show of the Year
Don't let furtive Mercury slip through your fingers this spring. The next two and a half weeks will be the best…