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Earth dodges massive solar storm, with space experts watching for more activity
Solar flares are classified based on their strength and fall into five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. An X-class ...
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Astonishing Video Shows 2 Million Kilometer Helical Structure Emerge From The Sun
For the first time, a giant helical structure spanning millions of kilometers has been captured on camera as it emerged from the Sun. In 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA), with help from NASA, ...
A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun
NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through ...
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RTGs: The nuclear heart that runs spacecraft far beyond the sun’s reach
Ever wonder how a spacecraft millions or even billions of miles from the Sun can keep its lights on? After all, solar panels ...
James Webb Space Telescope captures first images of Neptune's auroras
Scientists observed and captured the first clear evidence of auroras on Neptune using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), ...
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Video: Watch wind whirl from the sun
it blocks the direct light coming from the sun's surface to be able to see the much fainter light scattering from charged gas in its outer atmosphere, the corona. Credit: European Space Agency ...
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Three families of planetary objects identified in the outer Solar System 🔭
Work from the DiSCo program (Discovering the Composition of Trans-Neptunian Objects) has uncovered the existence of three main groups of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) in the outer Solar System. ...