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A Super Solar Flare

May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | User comments: 4

At 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, 33-year-old Richard Carrington—widely acknowledged to be one of England's foremost solar astronomers—was in his well-appointed private observatory. ...


NASA calls on APL to send a probe to the sun

May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | User comments: 3

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sending a spacecraft closer to the sun than any probe has ever gone - and what it finds could revolutionize what we know about our star and the solar ...


Solar Variability: Striking a Balance with Climate Change

17 hours ago | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 19 vote(s) | User comments: 2

The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact, changing the character of each hemisphere as Earth's orientation ...


GIOVE-B transmitting its first signals

May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Following a successful launch on 27 April, GIOVE-B began transmitting navigation signals today. This is a truly historic step for satellite navigation since GIOVE-B is now, for the first time, transmitting ...