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The Sun
Under the watchful eyes of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft, the sun is a raucous place of ever-changing features. It has dark snake-like filaments and gaping sunspots. Scientists wer…
Seven days. Seven flares. Is the end of times upon us? A week ago, the Sun unleashed its biggest solar flare in more than a decade , a monster X9.3 storm that knocked out radio communications on Ear…
What will happen if a bucket of water is poured on the sun? In the video below, folks from Riddle, explain this bizarre idea and its outcome. So watch and learn:
Our Sun might seem like an unchanging feature of our sky, but it’s actually a lot more changeable than you might think. Now, it’s heading towards its period of lowest activity . This is called the s…
A new model on how stars are formed has added weight to the hypothesis that most – if not all – stars are born in a litter with at least one sibling. Our own star at the centre of the Solar System is…