Source: News.com.au The first solar storm of this cycle hit the Earth early this month, causing it to light up spectacularly / NASA Source: NASA “The general consensus among general astronomers (and certainly solar astronomers) is that this coming Solar maximum (2012 but possibly later into 2013) will be the most violent in 100 years,” [...]
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Source: SPACE.com
The total solar eclipse Sunday may only be visible to a lucky cadre of die-hard skywatchers spread across the southern Pacific Ocean, but that hasn’t dampened spirits at remote spots like Easter Island – where tourists and scientists have flocked to catch the celestial show.
The best seats on Earth for the total solar [...]
Source: SPACE.com
The total solar eclipse Sunday may only be visible to a lucky cadre of die-hard skywatchers spread across the southern Pacific Ocean, but that hasn’t dampened spirits at remote spots like Easter Island – where tourists and scientists have flocked to catch the celestial show.
The best seats on Earth for the total solar [...]
Thirty-two planets have been discovered outside Earth’s solar system through the use of a high-precision instrument installed at a Chilean telescope, an international team announced Monday.
The existence of the so-called exoplanets — planets outside our solar system — was announced at the European Southern Observatory/Center for Astrophysics, University of Porto conference in Porto, Portugal, [...]
