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Lightning Strike in Africa Helps Take Pulse of Sun
Scientists have developed a
more definitive and reliable
tool for measuring the Sun's
rotation when sunspots
aren't visible ---- and even
when they are -- based on
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Bubbling Ball of Gas: SUNRISE Telescope Delivers Spectacular Pictures of Sun's Surface
The Sun is a bubbling mass.
Packages of gas rise and
sink, lending the sun its
grainy surface structure,
its granulation. Dark spots
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Professor to Predict Weather on Mars
Is there such a thing as
"weather" on Mars? There are
some doubts, considering the
planet's atmosphere is only
1 percent as dense as that
of the Earth. Mars, however,
definitely has clouds,
... > full story
Exoplanets Clue To Sun's Curious Chemistry
A ground-breaking census of
500 stars, 70 of which are
known to host planets, has
successfully linked the
long-standing "lithium
mystery" observed in the Sun
... > full story
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Are Earth's Oceans Made Of Extraterrestrial Material?
November 11, 2009 — Contrary to preconceived notions, the atmosphere and the oceans were perhaps not formed from vapors emitted during intense volcanism at the dawning of our planet. Scientists now suggest that water ... > full story -
Seeing Stars, Proba-2 Platform Passes Its First Health Check
November 11, 2009 — Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2's spacecraft platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the ... > full story -
Unsettled Youth: Spitzer Observes A Chaotic Planetary System
November 9, 2009 — Before our planets found their way to the stable orbits they circle in today, they wiggled and jostled about like unsettled children. Now, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a young star with ... > full story -
The CoRoT Satellite : 3 More Years To Hunt For Planets And To Listen To The Music Of Stars
November 6, 2009 — The operations of the CoRoT mission has been extended for three additional years, until 31 March ... > full story -
'Ultra-Primitive' Particles Found In Comet Dust
November 2, 2009 — Dust samples collected from the stratosphere have yielded an unexpectedly rich trove of relics from the ancient cosmos, scientists report. The dust includes presolar grains and material from ... > full story -
Solar Winds Triggered By Magnetic Fields
November 2, 2009 — Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, according to a new study led by researchers based on the latest observations from the Hinode ... > full story -
Long Night Falls Over Saturn's Rings
October 23, 2009 — As Saturn's rings orbit the planet, a section is typically in the planet's shadow, experiencing a brief night lasting from 6 to 14 hours. However, once approximately every 15 years, night falls over ... > full story -
Last Visit Home For ESA's Comet Chaser Rosetta
October 20, 2009 — ESA's Rosetta comet chaser will swing by Earth on Nov. 13 to pick up orbital energy and begin the final leg of its 10-year journey to the outer Solar System. Several observations of the Earth-moon ... > full story -
How The Moon Produces Its Own Water
October 19, 2009 — The Moon is a big sponge that absorbs electrically charged particles given out by the Sun. These particles interact with the oxygen present in some dust grains on the lunar surface, producing water. ... > full story -
New View Of The Heliosphere: Cassini Helps Redraw Shape Of Solar System
October 18, 2009 — The solar system, as defined by the heliosphere, the region of the sun's influence, may have a quite different shape than scientists had ... > full story
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