As an additional testimony that the Sun is nearing a peak in its 11-year cycle, a new X-class solar flare erupted from its surface on January 27, 2012. The X class represents the most powerful instance of such an event, which usually produces vast amounts of charged particles.
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7 February 2012
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About 5 days ago, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) celebrated the launch of its Hinode solar observatory, a 5-year-old telescope that has provided solar physicists with a new understanding of the Sun and its characteristics.
As evidenced by the December 6, 2006, image attached to this article, the obser... |
2 November 2011
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Solar physicists in Japan announce the discovery of two huge holes in the surface of the Sun. They say that the structures are most likely gateways through which the star expels matter and gas from its interior into its surroundings.
According to the research team, the new image was snapped using the Hinode satel... |
12 February 2011
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For many years, astrophysicists have believed that the Sun is an invariable star. This was supported by the fact that the star appeared not to change in brightness too much over many years. However, with the advent of modern technologies, the scientific community began looking at the Sun in wavelengths other than vis... |
13 February 2010
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Currently the Sun is going through a period of low activity, with few or no sunspots appearing on its surface. So far nobody is complaining, albeit it does seem that the low activity period has extended a bit too long and has even fooled the scientists into uncertainty regarding whether or not a new solar cycle has b... |
10 June 2008
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The solar wind originates from the Sun of course, everybody knows that, but not many can explain how solar wind is actually generated, at least not in an accurate manner. Yesterday, a team of researchers from the University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory, led by professor Loise Harra, presente... |
3 April 2008
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JAXA launched the Hinode solar space observatory in September 2006 and is equipped with several instruments such as the solar optical telescope, an X-ray telescope and an EUV imaging spectrometer with which it can conduct investigations on the Sun's atmosphere but also on its interior, in order to establish the ... |
20 March 2008
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The solar wind represents an emission from the Sun in the form of electrically charged particles, mostly hydrogen, which fills the void space all around the star. Scientists say that these deadly waves of radiation blowing through the whole solar system at speeds as high as 1.6 million kilometers per hour are trigger... |
7 December 2007
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