Sun

UNUSUAL MAGNETIC FILAMENT 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 24, 2017
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory is monitoring an unusual filament of magnetism on the sun.

By David Aragorn
Is the Sun Getting Brighter?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 17, 2017
What does the data tell us about the sun, and should we be worried?

By David Aragorn
Mysterious UFO ‘the size of Jupiter crashes into sun’ captured in bizarre images from Solar Observatory spacecraft 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- October 27, 2017
Conspiracy theorists believe a UFO the size of Jupiter has crashed into the sun. Bizarre images captured by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, which is jointly run by Nasa and the European Space Agency, appear to show and object hovering close to the surface. Russian website Pravadu.ru describes the UFO as being made up of a transparent

By David Aragorn
Missing matter in the Sun’s interior 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 27, 2017
It is often assumed that a structure’s surface can be appropriately represented as a two-dimensional area, completely flat and devoid of any depth.

By David Aragorn
Massive sunspots and huge solar flares mean unexpected space weather for Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 12, 2017
If you still have your solar viewing glasses from the eclipse, now is a good time to slap them on and look up at the sun.

By David Aragorn
MAJOR X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE (UPDATED)0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 7, 2017
On Sept. 6th at 1202 UT, sunspot AR2673 unleashed a major X9.3-class solar flare–the strongest solar flare in more than a decade. X-rays and UV radiation from the blast ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing a strong shortwave radio blackout over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean: Link to blackout map. Above: The extreme

By David Aragorn
Darkness Will Reveal the Sun’s Mysterious Corona 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 21, 2017
When the moon slides in front of the sun Monday, millions of viewers will catch a glimpse of the sun’s corona, which will appear as a hazy glow outlining the solid shadow in front of our star.

By David Aragorn
Making seawater into drinking water with the help of the sun 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 12, 2017
In Morocco, a big new solar-powered plant for turning seawater into drinking water is being built. Is the business case for renewable-energy-powered desalination technology becoming strong enough to unleash a boom?

By David Aragorn
Sun’s core rotates four times faster than its surface 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 4, 2017
The sun’s core rotates nearly four times faster than the sun’s surface, according to new findings by an international team of astronomers. Scientists had assumed the core was rotating like a merry-go-round at about the same speed as the surface.

By David Aragorn
MASSIVE EXPLOSION ON THE FARSIDE OF THE SUN 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 25, 2017
On Sunday July 23rd, a spectacular CME emerged from the farside of the sun.

By David Aragorn