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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Meant to Look at the Sun. Astronomers Tried It Anyway
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
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Neither UFOs nor stars – these are the two lights you see in the sky just as the sun is setting
What’s that bright light in the west after sunset? If you’ve stepped outside shortly after sunset this month, you might have ...
We finally know what the Sun sounds like - and it's surprisingly retro
The Sun has just dropped its latest album. With all the boiling and bubbling gases, our closest star is a seriously noisy ...
Hubble tracks down a 'blue lurker' among stars
Our sun is a lonely star. At least half the stars in our galaxy have binary companions. This was nicely illustrated in the ...
Why The Glowing Golden ‘Star’ In The Sky Is Getting Brighter This Week
Mars shines brightly this week as it reaches opposition, appearing golden-red in the sky near Jupiter. Look for it in the ...
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Sun-like stars produce ‘superflares’ about once a century
Stars like our own Sun produce “superflares” around once every 100 years, surprising astronomers who had previously estimated ...
Image: Hubble captures young stars changing their environments
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, ...