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NASA space telescope records solar blast
I took a break from the newsdesk at Skymania Towers yesterday to photograph the giant sunspot that had...
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New German scope will study the Sun
A host of space telescopes and satellites have been launched to study the Sun in recent years, as I described...
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Solar Orbiter will close in on the Sun
European space giant Astrium has won a 300 million euro contract to build a new probe that will give...
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Star cluster ruled out as Sun’s source
Astronomers have long wanted to pinpoint the location within our Galaxy where the Solar System was formed....
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NASA sees comet crash into Sun
NASA has released video images of a comet making a spectacular suicide dive into the Sun earlier this...
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The Sun – furnace of the solar system
Most people think of astronomy as a night-time pursuit but one of the most impressive objects in the...
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What is an eclipse of the Sun?
Eclipses come in two flavours – eclipses of the Sun and eclipses of the Moon. Both occur when...
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Slowdown by Sun puzzles astronomers
A puzzling slowdown by the Sun is leading some to wonder whether the world might be heading for a new...
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Sun is seen in a whole new light
Superbowl Sunday became Superball Sun day when NASA released astonishing 3D images of our home star as...
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Double blast on Sun aimed at Earth
UPDATE, August 4: Auroral displays have been seen overnight across Europe and the northern USA as predicted....
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Sun’s threat to power grids
Power grids could be devastated by a storm on the sun, astronomers warned today. Scientists have built...
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Comet’s death dive into the Sun
A space telescope has caught a giant comet’s extraordinary final hours as it made a dive of death...
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