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A Hidden Sunspot Group On The Far Side Of Our Star Could Bring Spectacular Aurorae Next Weekthe sun on may 20 with very few sunspots on its surface

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A Hidden Sunspot Group On The Far Side Of Our Star Could Bring Spectacular Aurorae Next Weekthe sun on may 20 with very few sunspots on its surface
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A Hidden Sunspot Group On The Far Side Of Our Star Could Bring Spectacular Aurorae Next Week

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Longest-Ever Radio Burst From The Sun Recorded By Scientists – It Lasted 19 Daysthe moon is in front of the sun and around it there are many features which start wide and bulbous near the sun and become very thin as they move away.

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Longest-Ever Radio Burst From The Sun Recorded By Scientists – It Lasted 19 Daysthe moon is in front of the sun and around it there are many features which start wide and bulbous near the sun and become very thin as they move away.
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Longest-Ever Radio Burst From The Sun Recorded By Scientists – It Lasted 19 Days

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Solar Flares Might Be Triggered By "Magnetic Avalanche" Behavior On The Sun, Reveal Most Detailed Views Yet A close-up image of the Sun's surface, with mottled dark black and bright yellow patches. Some yellow arches and streaks of light give an impression of the Sun being very active.

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Solar Flares Might Be Triggered By "Magnetic Avalanche" Behavior On The Sun, Reveal Most Detailed Views Yet A close-up image of the Sun's surface, with mottled dark black and bright yellow patches. Some yellow arches and streaks of light give an impression of the Sun being very active.
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Solar Flares Might Be Triggered By "Magnetic Avalanche" Behavior On The Sun, Reveal Most Detailed Views Yet

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New Record For Longest-Ever Observation Of One Of The Most Active Solar Regions In 20 YearsAn image of the Sun on May 10, 2024. In ultraviolet most of the surface is dark but the active region is incredibly bright

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New Record For Longest-Ever Observation Of One Of The Most Active Solar Regions In 20 YearsAn image of the Sun on May 10, 2024. In ultraviolet most of the surface is dark but the active region is incredibly bright
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New Record For Longest-Ever Observation Of One Of The Most Active Solar Regions In 20 Years

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First-Ever View Of The Sun’s Polar Magnetic Field Reveals Major Surpriseconcentric circle around the south pole of the Sun

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First-Ever View Of The Sun’s Polar Magnetic Field Reveals Major Surpriseconcentric circle around the south pole of the Sun
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First-Ever View Of The Sun’s Polar Magnetic Field Reveals Major Surprise

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Watch: First-Ever Footage Of Sun’s South Pole Gives Spellbinding New View Of Our StarThe image show the turbulent corona over the Sun's south pole.

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Watch: First-Ever Footage Of Sun’s South Pole Gives Spellbinding New View Of Our StarThe image show the turbulent corona over the Sun's south pole.
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Watch: First-Ever Footage Of Sun’s South Pole Gives Spellbinding New View Of Our Star

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Peer Into The Changing Heart Of A Sunspot In One Of The Highest-Resolution Images Of The SunThe full image of the sunspot revealed many bright cells around long thin darker structure around the dark potato shaped regions of the actual spots. Overlayed an image of the contiguous united states, showing that the size of the spot and how the US would fit five times across the whole image.

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Peer Into The Changing Heart Of A Sunspot In One Of The Highest-Resolution Images Of The SunThe full image of the sunspot revealed many bright cells around long thin darker structure around the dark potato shaped regions of the actual spots. Overlayed an image of the contiguous united states, showing that the size of the spot and how the US would fit five times across the whole image.
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Peer Into The Changing Heart Of A Sunspot In One Of The Highest-Resolution Images Of The Sun

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Widest High-Res Image Of The Sun Yet Snapped By ESA’s Solar OrbiterThe Sun looks like a warm yellow sphere with a surface covered with glowing messy hair. The yellow glow extends to the edges of the image, with some regions brighter than others. Many bright yellow arcs stick out from a wide band around the Sun’s equator. A darker region stands out across a roughly horizontal line near the Sun’s south pole. The bright arcs and some darker material can also be seen around the Sun’s edges.

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Widest High-Res Image Of The Sun Yet Snapped By ESA’s Solar OrbiterThe Sun looks like a warm yellow sphere with a surface covered with glowing messy hair. The yellow glow extends to the edges of the image, with some regions brighter than others. Many bright yellow arcs stick out from a wide band around the Sun’s equator. A darker region stands out across a roughly horizontal line near the Sun’s south pole. The bright arcs and some darker material can also be seen around the Sun’s edges.
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Widest High-Res Image Of The Sun Yet Snapped By ESA’s Solar Orbiter

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Astonishing Video Shows 2 Million Kilometer Helical Structure Emerge From The SunHelical structure emerging from the Sun.

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Astonishing Video Shows 2 Million Kilometer Helical Structure Emerge From The SunHelical structure emerging from the Sun.
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Astonishing Video Shows 2 Million Kilometer Helical Structure Emerge From The Sun

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Highest-Resolution Images Of The Sun's Surface Ever Revealed – And They're BreathtakingTwo image of the Sun, one in visible light showing a plane disk with a handful of dark spots. The other is the magnetic fields which taces the dark spots but also connects them in ways not visible in visible light.

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Highest-Resolution Images Of The Sun's Surface Ever Revealed – And They're BreathtakingTwo image of the Sun, one in visible light showing a plane disk with a handful of dark spots. The other is the magnetic fields which taces the dark spots but also connects them in ways not visible in visible light.
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Highest-Resolution Images Of The Sun's Surface Ever Revealed – And They're Breathtaking

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Swirling Vortices Might Exist On The North And South Pole Of The SunThe image shows a sphere modeling the sun. Arc-shaped structures in either blue or red represent the motion of the plasma in the vortices.

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Swirling Vortices Might Exist On The North And South Pole Of The SunThe image shows a sphere modeling the sun. Arc-shaped structures in either blue or red represent the motion of the plasma in the vortices.
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Swirling Vortices Might Exist On The North And South Pole Of The Sun

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As The Sun Officially Hits Solar Maximum, We Are Studying Our Star Like Never BeforeNASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the largest solar flare of solar cycle 25 yet – an X.90 flare seen as the bright flash in the center – on October 3, 2024.

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As The Sun Officially Hits Solar Maximum, We Are Studying Our Star Like Never BeforeNASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the largest solar flare of solar cycle 25 yet – an X.90 flare seen as the bright flash in the center – on October 3, 2024.
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As The Sun Officially Hits Solar Maximum, We Are Studying Our Star Like Never Before

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Watch Turbulence Of Plasma Swirling In The Solar Atmosphere In Stunning New VideoTwo concentric circles. In the middle one a view of the Sun in extreme ultraviole. IN the ring around it, the subtle and turbulent motion of the solar wind, strands of it move in chaotic ways away from the Sun.

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Watch Turbulence Of Plasma Swirling In The Solar Atmosphere In Stunning New VideoTwo concentric circles. In the middle one a view of the Sun in extreme ultraviole. IN the ring around it, the subtle and turbulent motion of the solar wind, strands of it move in chaotic ways away from the Sun.
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Watch Turbulence Of Plasma Swirling In The Solar Atmosphere In Stunning New Video

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Sun Mystery Solved: How The Solar Wind Soars Across The Solar SystemArtist render shows the Sun in the middle with a 3D graphic of the two probes at either side

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Sun Mystery Solved: How The Solar Wind Soars Across The Solar SystemArtist render shows the Sun in the middle with a 3D graphic of the two probes at either side
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Sun Mystery Solved: How The Solar Wind Soars Across The Solar System

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Largest Flare In This Solar Cycle Was Seen By Spacecraft From Mercury To MarsAn image of the Sun in uv light. the surface is mostly dark but thewre are some prighty swipsy regions like the one crucial to this story where things are happening

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Largest Flare In This Solar Cycle Was Seen By Spacecraft From Mercury To MarsAn image of the Sun in uv light. the surface is mostly dark but thewre are some prighty swipsy regions like the one crucial to this story where things are happening
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Largest Flare In This Solar Cycle Was Seen By Spacecraft From Mercury To Mars

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