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Astrophotographer Captures Stunning Image of ISS Transiting the Sun

The entire transit lasted a mere 0.54 seconds, making the capture incredibly challenging. The photographer used a high-speed camera capable of shooting over 100 frames per second to document this fleeting event.

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Solar Orbiter Captures the Sun’s Vibrant Atmosphere in Unprecedented Detail

Captured using the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on September 27, 2023, the footage showcases a variety of solar phenomena, including coronal 'moss', towering spicules, and mesmerizing plasma eruptions.

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ESA to Launch Proba-3 Mission for Artificial Solar Eclipses in Space

The two spacecraft will operate autonomously, using advanced technologies such as satellite navigation, inter-satellite radio links, visible-light cameras, and lasers for millimeter-accurate positioning.

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NASA Captures Image of Intense Solar Flare

While this particular flare may not have immediate consequences for Earth (the associated solar storm has already passed), its occurrence underscores the Sun's increasing activity as it approaches the peak of its 11-year cycle.

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A Massive Coronal Hole In the Sun's Surface Is Blasting Solar Wind Right at Earth

This phenomenon occurs as part of the Sun's natural activity cycle. While the Sun experiences periods of heightened solar activity, including sunspots or solar flares, it eventually reaches a peak known as solar maximum.

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Solar Conjunction Puts NASA's Mars Robots on Hold

Mars exploration will temporarily rely on onboard instruments, as communication with Earth may lead to unintended consequences. NASA's precautionary measure aims to ensure the robots' safety and prevent any issues arising from miscommunications.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Captures Incredible Footage of Solar Eruption

This remarkable mission not only sheds light on the mysteries of the Sun but also helps us better understand the interactions between solar phenomena and the space environment, contributing to improved space weather forecasting.

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India Successfully Launches Its Aditya-L1 Solar Mission

The spacecraft is equipped with seven scientific payloads, including instruments like a visible emission line coronagraph, a solar ultraviolet imaging telescope, and an X-ray spectrometer, which will collect crucial data and observations about the sun's behavior.

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Astronomers Discover a Giant Sunspot Seven Times Wider Than Earth

Astronomers have captured video footage of a massive sunspot that is seven times wider than Earth. The sunspot, designated AR3354, appeared on Monday, June 26, and disappeared by Sunday, July 2.

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NASA's Sun-Touching Parker Solar Probe Catches the Solar Wind

By uncovering the origin of the solar wind, NASA's Parker Solar Probe brings scientists one step closer to understanding the complex behavior of our star and improving our ability to predict and mitigate the impacts of solar activity on Earth.

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A Giant Black Spot Four Times the Size of Earth Has Formed on the Sun

Sunspots are areas with an extremely active magnetic field and sometimes serve as sources of strong solar flares, which lead to geomagnetic storms on Earth. Astronomers have been observing the AR3310 sunspot for some time.

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The Most Powerful Solar Telescope Has Captured New Views of the Sun's Surface

The Inouye Solar Telescope's unique ability to collect data in unprecedented detail will help scientists better understand the Sun's magnetic field and the processes that take place thereon.

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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.