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Superflares Erupt From Sun-Like Stars Roughly Every 100 Years, a New Study Finds. Is Our Sun Overdue for a Massive Blast?
Solar flares and coronal mass ejections could cause serious damage to telecommunications systems, satellites and power grids ...
How Are Planets Born? In A ‘Domino Effect’, Scientists Say
New observations show that newly formed planets close to a star help shepherd dust and gas to create more planets farther out ...
This is how close NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly by the sun
The Parker Solar Probe is expected to pass within an "unprecedented" 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec. 24, according to NASA. "It's about to be on its closest approach to the sun," Rayl ...
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Scientists Say Something May Have Visited the Solar System and Rearranged the Planets
The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it's kept our Solar System well organized and ...
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The Sky This Week from December 20 to 27: Welcome the winter solstice
The Sun reaches its southernmost point, the Ursid meteor shower peaks, and the Christmas Tree Cluster glitters in the sky ...
Superflares Erupt From Stars Like Our Sun Once Every 100 Years
New findings suggest that an extraordinarily powerful and dangerous burst of radiation might flare from our sun in the future ...
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The Sky This Week from December 13 to 20: 2024’s last Full Moon
A Cold Moon hangs in the sky while Jupiter still shines bright and the Geminid meteor shower peaks in the sky this week.