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Amateur Astronomer Captures Incredible Movie of Looping Prominences on the Sun
This close-up movie of looping, dancing prominences on the Sun looks like something you’d see from one of the spacecraft…
Is the Sun More Active Than it Looks? An Innovative Method to Characterize the Solar Cycle
The Sun has provided no shortage of mysteries thus far during solar cycle #24. And perhaps the biggest news story…
What Will Happen When the Sun’s Magnetic Poles Reverse?
The Sun’s magnetic field will likely reverse sometime in the next three to four months. No, this is not the…
Could We Move The Sun?
An idea that really captures my imagination is what kinds of future civilizations there might be. And I’m not the…
Solar Cycle #24: On Track to be the Weakest in 100 Years
Our nearest star has exhibited some schizophrenic behavior thus far for 2013. By all rights, we should be in the…
How Hot is the Sun?
The Sun is hot, really hot. How hot hot really is, depends on which part you’re talking about: The sun…
Incredible Astrophoto: The Youngest Possible New Moon by Thierry Legault
It’s always striking to see a tiny sliver of the New Moon. But you’ve probably never seen a sliver this…
Gesundheit! Hairy And Sneeze-worthy Rings Snare Summer Sun
For the past two weeks puffy clumps of seeds have been riding the air in my town. You can't avoid…
This Energy-Boosting Region In The Sun Will Have A New NASA Satellite Watching It
How does the sun's energy flow? Despite the fact that we live relatively close (93 million miles, or eight light-minutes)…
Amazing Shots! Shenzhou-10 Docked to Tiangong-1, Transiting the Sun
As soon as you see these images, you’ll probably guess who the photographer is ... yes, Thierry Legault. He had…