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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 ...
Giant Glowing Object Found Close To Solar System — What To Know
Scientists have unveiled an enormous gas cloud just 300 light-years from the solar system that measures about full 40 moons ...
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NASA's sun-studying PUNCH mission captures its 1st-light images. Everything looks great so far
The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...
Scientists discover massive molecular cloud close to Earth
Named Eos, the cloud of gas would appear huge in the night sky if visible to the naked eye and could shed light on solar ...
Sun's explosions echo in Earth's skies: How the atmosphere synchronizes with solar flare pulsations
Earth's atmosphere is much more sensitive to ripples of radiation from the sun than scientists previously believed, new ...
What is the giant croissant-shaped glowing object spotted near Sun and Earth? How big is it — and can you see it with the naked eye?
Astronomers have discovered a huge single object that will glow near the Earth and the Sun. It is a T-shaped cloud called Eos ...
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PUNCH sees first light, prepares to study how the Sun creates our space weather
Meanwhile, the NFI homes in on the Sun’s more immediate surroundings ... streams throughout the solar system toward Earth. The April 14 first light image from PUNCH’s NFI coronagraph shows ...
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First Image From Upgraded Solar Telescope Shows Sun Like Never Before
After years of development, researchers at the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii have fired up their newest tool, ...
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A strong solar storm heads to Earth. Here’s what to know about northern lights
The strength of the light show will depend on how Earth’s magnetic field interacts with the solar bursts, said Shawn Dahl at ...
UK scientists are about to attempt to dim the Sun
British scientists could experiment with techniques to block sunlight as part of a £50 million government funded scheme to ...
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Northern Lights: Earth-Facing ‘Hole In The Sun’ Could Trigger Auroras This Week
Coronal holes appear as dark areas in the solar corona — the sun's outer, hotter atmosphere ... an intense geomagnetic storm and aurora on Earth when charged particles strike Earth’s ...