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XMM-Newton Detects X-Ray 'Solar Cycle' In Distant Star
May 12, 2004 For years, astronomers have wondered whether stars similar to the Sun go through periodic cycles of enhanced X-ray activity, like those often causing troubles to telephone and power lines here on ... > full story -
Scientists Announce Cosmic Ray Theory Breakthrough
May 5, 2004 University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have proposed a new theory to explain the movement of vast energy fields in giant radio galaxies ... > full story -
SOHO Sees Its 750th Comet
April 7, 2004 SOHO comet 750 was discovered by the German amateur astronomer Sebastian Honig, one of the most successful SOHO comet-hunters. It was a part of the Kreutz family of 'sungrazing' comets, which ... > full story -
SOHO Snaps Spectacular Sun Shot
March 17, 2004 On Friday, 12 March 2004, the Sun ejected a spectacular 'eruptive prominence' into the heliosphere. SOHO, the ESA/NASA solar watchdog observatory, faithfully recorded the ... > full story -
Biggest Ever Solar Flare Was Even Bigger Than Thought
March 16, 2004 Physicists in New Zealand have shown that last November's record-breaking solar explosion was much larger than previously estimated, thanks to innovative research using the upper atmosphere as a ... > full story -
Astrophysicists Listen To Loops Shivering On The Sun
February 18, 2004 You would imagine that a 500,000 kilometre long arch of super heated plasma releasing energy equal to the simultaneous explosion of 40 billion Hiroshima atomic bombs would be as easy to ... > full story -
Extensive Destruction Powers Solar Explosions
December 17, 2003 Large-scale destruction of magnetic fields in the Sun's atmosphere likely powers enormous solar explosions, according to a new observation from NASA's Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic ... > full story -
Stormy Space Weather Slips Through Cracks
December 5, 2003 Immense cracks in Earth's magnetic field remain open for hours, allowing the solar wind to gush through and power stormy space weather, according to new observations from NASA's IMAGE ... > full story -
University Of Colorado's 'Little Satellite That Did' Set For Re-Entry In Coming Days
December 2, 2003 A $5 million University of Colorado at Boulder satellite dubbed the "Little Satellite That Did" now is expected to re-enter the atmosphere and burn up in early December following a ... > full story -
It's Official: The Biggest Solar X-Ray Flare Ever Is Classified As X28
November 7, 2003 It has just been announced that the massive solar X-ray flare which occurred on 4 November was, at best estimate, an X28. There is still a small chance this will be revised by a small amount, but it ... > full story
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