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During a Solar Flare, Dark Voids Move Down Towards the Sun. Now We Know Why
Solar flares are complex phenomena. They involve plasma, electromagnetic radiation across all wavelengths, activity in the Sun's atmosphere layers, and…
A Solution to Space Junk: Satellites Made of Mushrooms?
According "cyber farmer" Max Justice, a solution to the growing problem of space junk and toxic chemicals could come in…
What Was the Carrington Event?
In 1859, the Sun gave off the most powerful solar flare on record. A blast of radiation and particles so…
A Dark Region Is Growing Eerily On The Sun’s Surface
Images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have spotted a growing dark region called a coronal hole, which is the cause…
Weekly Space Hangout – Sept 18, 2015: Planet Hunter Prof. Sara Seager
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: Dr. Sara Seager, whose research focuses on computer models of exoplanet atmospheres, interiors, and…
Watch an Enormous “Plasma Snake” Erupt from the Sun
Over the course of April 28–29 a gigantic filament, briefly suspended above the surface* of the Sun, broke off and…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 13, 2015 – Paul Gilster and his “Centauri Dreams”
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Paul Gilster (centauri-dreams.org / @centauri_dreams),author of "Centauri Dreams" Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 31, 2014: Bad Week in Space
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Ken Kremer (kenkremer.com /…
Watch the Rise and Fall of a Towering Inferno on the Sun
Caught on camera by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a prominence blazes hundreds of thousands of miles out from the Sun's surface (i.e.,…
The Sun Fires Off a Third X-Class Flare
Remember yesterday when we mentioned two X-class flares erupting from the Sun within the space of about an hour? We…