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Double Explosions on the Sun Today
The Sun had a fit and popped off two large events at once early today, Jan. 28, 2011. A filament…
Sun Plays A Major Role In Climate Change
[/caption] It's not often I voice my opinion on climate change without sounding like a tree-hugger or a total kook.…
Previously Unseen Super-Hot Plasma Jets Heat the Sun’s Corona
[/caption] The mystery of the Sun’s corona may finally be solved. For years researchers have known – and wondered why…
Spectacular Photos from the Jan. 4 Partial Solar Eclipse
[/caption] Millions across Earth enjoyed one of nature’s most awesomely spectacular events during today’s (Jan. 4) partial solar eclipse -…
SDO Provides Constant, Unprecedented Views of Sun’s Inner Corona
[/caption] Usually the only time we can see the innermost part of the Sun’s corona is when there is a…
SOHO Finds Its 2000th Comet
[/caption] From a NASA Press Release: As people on Earth celebrate the holidays and prepare to ring in the New…
Near-Synchronous Explosions Connect Across the Vast Distances on the Sun
For several decades, scientists studying the sun have observed solar flares that appear to occur almost simultaneously but originated in…
Voyager 1 Has Outdistanced the Solar Wind
[/caption] The venerable Voyager spacecraft are truly going where no one has gone before. Voyager 1 has now reached a…
Sneak Attacks from the Sun
[/caption] From a Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics press release: Our Sun can be a menace when it sends out…
Spectroscopy in 1881
[/caption]Presently, I've been reading a lot of very old papers and books in astronomy. The work I'm currently reading a…