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Solar Images Show Green And Blue Flashes
The Earth's atmosphere is a
gigantic prism that
disperses sunlight. In the
most ideal atmospheric
conditions, such as those
found regularly above Cerro
Paranal, this will lead to
... > full story
Plan To Send A Probe To The Sun
NASA has a new plan to send
a spacecraft closer to the
sun than any probe has ever
gone. The ambitious Solar
Probe mission will study the
streams of charged particles
the sun hurls into space
... > full story
Jupiter's Rings Are Shaped By Interplay Of Sunlight And Shadow
Astronomers appear to have
solved a long-standing
mystery about the cause of
anomalies in Jupiter's
gossamer rings. A faint
extension of the outermost
... > full story
Cracks In The Foundation: Fundamental Geological Assumption Relating To Planet Earth Not Quite True
Chondritic meteorites have a
similar chemical composition
to the sun and are therefore
reliable witnesses as to
what the solar nebula, from ... > full story
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Moon Gets A Lashing From Earth's Magnetotail
April 21, 2008 — Behold the full moon. Ancient craters and frozen lava seas lie motionless under an airless sky of profound quiet. It's a serene, slow-motion world where even a human footprint may last millions of ... > full story -
Solar Flares Set The Sun Quaking
April 18, 2008 — Data from the ESA/NASA spacecraft SOHO shows clearly that powerful starquakes ripple around the Sun in the wake of mighty solar flares that explode above its surface. The observations give solar ... > full story -
Electric Solar Wind Sail Could Power Future Space Travel In Solar System
April 17, 2008 — A new electric solar wind sail is almost ready for implementation. Electric sail propulsion might have a large impact on space research and space travel throughout the solar system. The electric ... > full story -
Focused Solar Explosions Get Hotter
April 7, 2008 — Astronomers have discovered that solar flares - explosions in the atmosphere of the sun - get much hotter when they stay "focused". Solar flares are caused by the sudden release of magnetic energy. ... > full story -
Magnetic Substorms From Ground And Space
April 5, 2008 — One of the most dynamic events in the interaction between the Sun and the Earth is a 'substorm', an explosive reshaping of the Earth's outer magnetic field. To better understand substorms, scientists ... > full story -
Medical X-ray Technique Unveils The Sun's Corona
April 4, 2008 — A medical X-ray technique has been adapted to produce the first detailed map of the structure of the Sun's outermost layer, the corona, created from direct observations. Tomography, a technique with ... > full story -
Solar Tsunami Caught Blasting Away At Over a Million Kilometers Per Hour
April 3, 2008 — Images from the twin STEREO spacecraft show, for the first time, a solar tsunami blasting its way through the Sun's lower atmosphere. Solar tsunamis are launched by huge explosions near the Sun's ... > full story -
New Views On The Sun's Startling Magnetic Fountains
April 3, 2008 — Astronomers have known for decades that the Sun has a very dynamic atmosphere. Huge fountains of hot gas erupt in the atmosphere, or corona, every few minutes, traveling at tens of thousands of km ... > full story -
Source Of Solar Wind Discovered
April 3, 2008 — Scientists have found the source of the stream of particles that make up the solar wind. The solar wind consists of electrically charged particles that flow out from the Sun in all ... > full story -
Ten Exotic Planets Outside Our Solar System Discovered With New Technique
April 1, 2008 — An international team of astronomers called "SuperWASP" has found 10 new "extra solar" planets, planets that orbit stars other than our sun. The team used a system of robotic cameras that yield a ... > full story
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