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The Terrible Twos: What Might Happen If Our Sun Had A Twin
November 27, 2001 — How would our Sun behave differently if it had a closely orbiting twin? While astronomers don't know the exact answer, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed an intriguing star system ... > full story -
The Sun's Dark Secret: How Sunspots Pull Themselves Together
November 12, 2001 — Scientists now have the first clear picture of what lies beneath sunspots, enigmatic planet-sized dark areas on the Sun's surface, and have peered inside the Sun to see swirling flows of ... > full story -
Scientists Produce First Detailed Image Of The Inside Of A Sunspot
November 7, 2001 — By analyzing sound waves ricocheting inside the sun, a team of Stanford-based scientists has produced the first detailed image of the inner core of a sunspot. Their findings reveal fast-moving ... > full story -
Lunar Soil Yields Evidence About Sun's Dynamic Workings
October 12, 2001 — Soil collected on the moon by Purdue University alumnus Eugene Cernan nearly 30 years ago has helped researchers at his alma mater and the University of California uncover new details about the ... > full story -
Young Stars In Orion May Solve Mystery Of Our Solar System
September 7, 2001 — Scientists may have to give the Sun a little more credit. Exotic isotopes present in the early Solar System--which scientists have long-assumed were sprinkled there by a powerful, nearby star ... > full story -
Chandra Catches Milky Way Monster Snacking
September 6, 2001 — For the first time, a rapid X-ray flare has been observed from the direction of the supermassive black hole that resides at the center of our galaxy. This violent flare captured by NASA's Chandra ... > full story -
Ulysses Forecasts Weather At Sun's North Pole
September 4, 2001 — Space physicists predict gusty winds for the next few months at the Sun's north pole, an area that will be observed when the Ulysses spacecraft passes over it starting on Aug. 31. This pass over ... > full story -
Solar Storms Destroy Ozone, Study Reconfirms
August 2, 2001 — A new study confirms a long-held theory that large solar storms rain electrically charged particles down on Earth's atmosphere and deplete the upper-level ozone for weeks to months thereafter. ... > full story -
NASA's Wind Spacecraft Flies Through Earth's Magnetic Tail And Captures Rare Event In Action
July 26, 2001 — Thanks to a fluke encounter while flying through the Earth's magnetic tail two years ago, NASA's Wind spacecraft may have solved a long-standing mystery about how the sun's magnetic field ... > full story -
Newest NOAA Environmental Satellite Launched: Satellite Will Detect Harmful Solar Flares And Gather Weather Data
July 24, 2001 — The nation's most advanced satellite to detect harmful solar flares and gather data on daily weather and severe storms in the United States was launched successfully, NOAA announced. The GOES-M ... > full story
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