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Social media 'sungazers' promote misleading health benefits of staring directly at the sun
Staring into the sun for a set period at certain times of day can provide ocular and general health benefits, some social ...
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This is the jaw-dropping image of the Sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope
British journalist and translator who joined Diario AS in 2013. Focuses on soccer – chiefly the Premier League, LaLiga, the Champions League, the Liga MX and MLS. On occasion, also covers ...
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Could the Sun Fry Earth with a Superflare?
A coronal mass ejection, or CME, erupting out into space from the sun on August 31, 2012. This composite image also includes a representation of Earth to show the CME's size compared to our planet.
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$66M experiment to ‘dim the sun’ to combat global warming gets OK — but critics have called it ‘barking mad’
Sounds like a bright idea. Scientists have received approval to soon test whether “dimming” the light from the sun will combat global warming — a strategy some critics have recently ...
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Has the sun already passed solar maximum?
We know that the sun has entered its peak phase of activity, called solar maximum. But are we still in it, or is solar maximum already behind us? Let's see what the data has to say. Although we ...
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NASA spacecraft successfully completes closest-ever approach to the sun
The spacecraft passed just 6.1 million kilometres from the solar surface on Dec. 24, flying into the sun's outer atmosphere called the corona, on a mission to help scientists learn more about ...
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The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
During previous perihelions, the spacecraft traversed a region called the Alfvén surface, where the solar wind — a stream of particles emitted by the sun — escapes into space. But for its ...
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NASA spacecraft just plunged into the sun and broke stunning records
That's seven times closer than any other probe. The mission is designed to fly into the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere, which spawns many of the powerful solar storms and weather that impact Earth.
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A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Fly Through the Sun
Forget the cautionary tale of Icarus. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is just days away from flying into the Sun — or through its outer layers, depending on how you look at the maneuver — in a ...
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We’re about to fly a spacecraft into the Sun for the first time
On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe will make its closest approach yet to the Sun. It will come within just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) of the solar surface, flying into the solar ...
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Why can’t we just launch all of Earth’s garbage into the sun?
Or even straight into the sun? (You asked. We answered.) Aside from the moral quandaries raised by such poor stewardship of our already disheveled solar system, Earthlings probably haven’t made ...