Jul 27 2011
Monster Waves Behind Sun’s Coronal Heating Mystery?
Powerful Alfvén waves have been detected deep inside the sun's atmosphere, possibly explaining why the solar atmosphere is so hot.
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Jul 21 2011
The Beautiful Violence of Exoplanet Aurorae
If you think the auroral displays we have on Earth are impressive, spare a thought for aurorae erupting in the atmospheres of massive gas giant exoplanets orbiting close to their parent stars.
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Mar 02 2011
Mystery of Missing Sunspots Explained
The coming solar maximum likely won't be very exciting, and now scientists know why.
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Feb 19 2011
Modern Society Threatened by Solar Storms
The Earth just dodged a solar bullet, but what about next time? Sensitive technology could be mankind's Achilles heel.
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Feb 17 2011
Monster Solar Flare Jams Radio Signals
The recent X-class eruption on the sun caused disruption to radio communications across southern China.
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Feb 16 2011
Solar Boom! Sun Unleashes Monster Flare
The explosive sun we all know and love is back! And it's packing a punch.
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Dec 29 2010
Solar Max Could Spell Trouble
This year the sun pulls out of a trough of low activity and heads into a long-awaited and possibly destructive period of turbulence.
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Dec 29 2010
‘Zombiesat’ Is Alive!
The Galaxy 15 satellite that had its "brains fried" by a solar flare nine months ago is communicating with Earth again. Has this reanimated satellite corpse been resurrected?
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Sep 06 2010
Spacecraft to Fly Into the Sun
NASA is planning a mission to fly directly into the sun's atmosphere to find out how it's heated.
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Aug 12 2010
Can Solar Storms Cause Wildfires?
There's theories flying around indicating the recent solar storms may be responsible for the Russian wildfires. This is incorrect, but there are situations when intense solar activity could spark a fire or two.
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