The aurora borealis has lit up the night sky with rare sightings across the UK, Europe and the northern hemisphere. The northern lights were spotted…
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Video of sun’s surface shows solar rain, eruptions and coronal moss
The sun’s otherworldly landscape, including coronal moss, solar rain and 6,000-mile-tall spires of gas, is revealed in footage from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. The observations,…
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The sun is currently ramping up to hit the peak of its 11-year activity cycle. In the past few days, powerful solar eruptions have sent…
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India’s solar observation mission has entered the sun’s orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success for the space exploration ambitions of the world’s most…
View More Aditya-L1: India’s solar mission reaches sun’s orbitAstronomers spot ‘overweight’ planet that appears too big for tiny host star
Astronomers have spotted an “overweight” planet that appears to be far too massive for its petite host star. The planet, which is 13 times bigger…
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Avi Loeb has a chip on his shoulder. For years, the Harvard astrophysicist has been trying to find aliens. He’s in the middle of trying…
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Astronomy and cosmology can feel detached from everyday reality. But what if we could take a 23rd-century starship tour through the Milky Way and experience…
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A Nasa satellite captured an image of what appeared to be a happy face pattern on the sun earlier this week, prompting the US space…
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Readers of the Daily Mail were in no doubt as to what the newspaper thought about Monday’s hot weather: it was little more than a…
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chart Awake with the dawn chorus this week? Take a look to the east. On successive days, before the sun rises, the visible planets will…
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