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A Strange and Unusual Vortex Was Spotted Around the Sun's North Pole

Researchers explain that the Sun is now increasing its activity, but this is not a cause for concern. Such activity cycles occur quite frequently and coincide with fluctuations in the Sun's magnetic field.

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NASA Released an Hour-long Time-Lapse Video Showing 133 Days of the Sun's Life

From a series of images taken by cameras of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft, NASA specialists have created a stunning video showing how the Sun's surface has changed over 133 days.

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Astronomers Discover a Huge Planet Killer Asteroid

Over time, the movement of this asteroid will sync with that of the Earth, and it will cross much closer by, but it will happen centuries into the future. Any asteroid over 1km in size is considered a planet killer and enough to trigger a mass extinction event on Earth.

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NASA Captured an Image of the Sun Smiling

Despite the cheerful appearance of our star, what caused its smile might be rather unpleasant for the inhabitants of Earth and has a scientific explanation.

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The Inouye Telescope Reveals New Images of the Sun's Chromosphere

The Daniel Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii has taken new images of the Sun in great detail. The new images cover a chromospheric region 82,500 km wide and are just a small fraction of the Sun's total size.

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Scientists Reveal How Our Sun Is Going to Evolve in the Future

The Sun has been around for 4.57 billion years and has been getting hotter all along. Scientists have determined that the star will be the hottest in its lifetime at the age of 8 billion years.

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Giant Sunspot Doubled in Size in Only 24 Hours

AR3038 increased in size sharply at night of June 19 to 20. The sunspot was located slightly north of the solar equator and was facing the Earth. It disappeared from view in a few days.

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Solar Orbiter Sends Back Amazing Images of the Sun

Solar Orbiter is a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency and NASA that was sent into space in 2020. The mission's task is to study the Sun's activity, its coronal mass ejections, magnetic fields ,and solar wind acceleration mechanisms.

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Sunspot Activity Is Exceeding All Predictions

The increase in the number of sunspots will also directly affect the number and power of flares, which can cause communications blackouts, power grid fluctuations and spectacular auroras.