In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, a group of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder ...
Beyond the local interstellar clouds and their wispy clumps of hydrogen and helium atoms in the form of gas and dust, the ...
The powerful X1.1 solar flare from sunspot region 4298 sparked strong radio blackouts on the sunlit portion of Earth at the time of eruption.
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A sunspot, potentially generating multiple solar flares, may lead to auroras that could be visible as far south as Alabama.
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