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Astronomers Measure Sunlight’s Shove

The physical force of sunlight on a moving asteroid has been measured by NASA scientists, providing information on how to…

12 years ago

Sun Spews Earth-Directed Flares

On June 14th, for the second day in a row, sunspot AR1504 erupted and hurled a Coronal Mass Ejection toward…

12 years ago

Active Region on the Sun Turning Toward Earth

The Solar Dynamics Observatory always provides an incredible view of our Sun, and is keeping an eye on Active Region…

12 years ago

Transit of Venus Redux: More Great Images

[/caption] Images and video from the Transit of Venus on June 5/6, 2012 are still pouring in, and we needed…

12 years ago

Clouds part for Transit of Venus from Princeton University

[/caption] Despite a horrendous weather forecast, the clouds parted - at least partially - just in the nick of time…

12 years ago

Astrophoto: Double Crepuscular Rays

[/caption] I'm not sure how often this happens, but I've never seen it before: crepuscular rays on both the west…

12 years ago

Thierry Legault: One Transit is Not Enough

[/caption] Astrophotographer Thierry Legault had told us he was traveling to Australia for the Transit of Venus, so we knew…

12 years ago

Amazing Transit of Venus Images From Around the World

Wow! Amateur astronomers around the world looked to the sky last night and early this morning to observe Venus as…

12 years ago

Stunning Timelapse: Spacecraft Capture the Transit of Venus

Here's the entire 7-hour transit of Venus across the face of the Sun - shown in several views -- in…

12 years ago

Transit of Venus: First Images

[/caption] The transit of Venus across the face of the Sun -- the last one for another 105 years --…

12 years ago