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Night Sky Guide: January 2012

[/caption] January brings us striking views of the night skies! You'll be able to see well known constellations during the…

13 years ago

Top Astronomy Events Coming Up in 2012

[/caption] As 2011 is drawing to a close, the festive season is here and many of us are winding down…

13 years ago

Twisting and Eclipsing on the Sun

A video posted today by the team at NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows two recent events on the Sun: a…

13 years ago

Could Solar Storms ‘Sandblast’ the Moon?

[/caption]According to a new set of NASA computer simulations, solar storms and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) can erode the lunar…

13 years ago

Voyager 1 Spacecraft Enters New Region of Solar System

[/caption] Voyager 1 is in uncharted territory. The long-lived spacecraft has entered a new region of space that lies between…

13 years ago

Black Friday’s Secret Solar Eclipse

[/caption] While many in the U.S. will be recovering from Thanksgiving day meals and looking for ways to stretch their…

13 years ago

Activity on the Sun Ramps Up with Monster Prominences; Huge Filament Snaps

[/caption] A huge wall of plasma rose from the Sun's southeast limb over the weekend, with what might be one…

13 years ago

Portraits of Our Sun on 11/11/11 at 11:11 UTC

[/caption] The Solar Dynamics Observatory takes images of the Sun about every 10 seconds, so it easily was able to…

13 years ago

Astronomy Cast Ep. 238: Solar Activity

The Sun looks like a harmless burning ball of fire in the sky: warm, life-giving and forever unchanging. But we…

13 years ago

Giant Sunspot Turns to Face the Earth

[/caption] What has been billed as the largest sunspot observed in several years has now rotated around to stare straight…

13 years ago