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Just How Bad are Superflares to a Planet’s Habitability?
Star's can be full of surprises; some of them nasty. While our own Sun appears pretty placid, science has shown…
Our Universe is Dying
Brace yourselves: winter is coming. And by winter I mean the slow heat-death of the Universe, and by brace yourselves I…
Moonlight Is a Many-Splendored Thing
"By the Light of the Silvery Moon" goes the song. But the color and appearance of the Moon depends upon the particular set…
Comet ISON Goes Green
As NASA and the European Space Agency prepare their remote photojournalists - Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Curiosity…
Take a Rollercoaster Ride Around Venus
If you've ever wanted to see what it's like to buzz Venus like only a spacecraft can, here's your chance:…
HI-C Returns Most Detailed Images Ever of the Sun’s Corona
NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) mission, launched Wednesday, July 11 from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, successfully returned…
NASA To Launch The Finest Mirrors Ever Made
This Wednesday NASA will launch its High Resolution Coronal Imager (HI-C) mission from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico,…
Dark Figures Do An Eerie Dance On The Sun
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this video on March 27 - 28 of two large areas of "dark" plasma on…
GALEX Mission Comes to an End
[/caption] A mission which helped map the ultraviolet sky and worked to confirm the nature of dark energy is coming…
Radiation from the Sun
[/caption]Radiation from the Sun, which is more popularly known as sunlight, is a mixture of electromagnetic waves ranging from infrared…