the sun
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Unprecedented Image Captures Freakishly Large Solar Eruption
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft had a front-row view this week of the Sun giving out an unusually large belch, resulting in a one-of-a-kind image.
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How Do We Know When the Sun Will Die?
Consider the Sun: hot, massive, and the reason all of this (gestures wildly) is possible. Our local star fuels all life as we know it, providing the energy that sustains everything from the smallest photosynthesizing microorganisms to the largest animals on land and in the seas.
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Two Upcoming NASA Missions Will Study Earth-Threatening Space Weather
Two new missions to explore the Sun and Earth’s auroras could vastly improve our understanding of the complex interactions responsible for potentially dangerous space weather.
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What Does the Sun’s Core Look Like?
We are about to take a journey to the centre of the Sun. The action begins about 148 million kilometres from our planet when we arrive at the Sun’s surface in our space ship. It’s hot here at the surface, about 5,700 degrees Celsius, and the light is brilliant and blinding. As we look closer,…