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  NASA researchers are preparing to launch an experimental telescope that can see a "secret layer" of
NASA to Explore a "Secret Layer" of the Sun
NASA researchers are preparing to launch an experimental telescope that can see a layer of the sun thought to be the "birthplace of space weather."
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  What if you woke up one morning and found your whole planet had been swallowed by the atmosphere of
Living with a Star
What if you woke up one morning and found your whole planet had been swallowed by the atmosphere of a star? Don't laugh, it could happen to you, and NASA has a special program to deal with it.
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  Researchers have discovered what powers brilliant outbursts of Northern Lights: gigantic plasma bull
Plasma Bullets Trigger Northern Lights
Researchers have discovered what powers brilliant outbursts of Northern Lights: gigantic plasma bullets launched toward Earth by explosions 1/3rd of the way to the Moon.
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  Sunspot production is low, very low. Does this mean the solar cycle is broken? NASA scientist Davi
What's Wrong with the Sun?
The sun is entering its 3rd year of eerie calm. Sunspots are rare and solar flares simply aren't happening. Is this "solar minimum" lasting longer than it should? A NASA scientist has examined centuries of sunspot data to find the answer.
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  NASA has a daring new mission on the drawing board: Solar Probe Plus, a spacecraft tough enough to
NASA Plans to Visit the Sun
NASA has a daring new mission on the drawing board: Solar Probe Plus, a spacecraft tough enough to visit the sun itself.
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  NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of a
Strange Ring Found Circling Dead Star
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of a star that blasted itself to smithereens. Although rings and spheres of material are common in the universe, this one is not like any ring astronomers have ever seen before.
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  A Super Solar Flare
In September 1859, a solar flare erupted so intense that the explosion itself was visible to the human eye. A ferocious geomagnetic storm ensued in which Northern Lights descended as far south as Cuba, the Bahamas and Hawaii. Meanwhile, telegraph engineers disconnected their batteries and powered communications by electricity from the auroras! Could it happen again?
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  Explore the Ionosphere (from the safety of your own home)
Today, NASA-funded researchers released to the general public a new "4D" live model of Earth's ionosphere. Without leaving home, anyone can now fly through the layer of ionized gas that encircles Earth at the edge of space itself.
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  Old Solar Cycle Returns
Three months ago, a new solar cycle began. This week, however, the sun surprised onlookers with three big sunspots from the previous solar cycle. Strangely enough, this is perfectly normal.
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