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Sun: is a star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic field via a dynamo process. It is by far the most important source of energy for life on Earth.
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MAR 21, 2015Earth & The Environment
Arctic sea ice shrank to the lowest winter extent ever recorded, according to data released today by the US-based Nation ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
First the aurora borealis and now a solar eclipse - what a week for skywatchers! Plus it occurs Friday (the first day of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Dawn, a NASA spacecraft, has arrived at Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest member of the of our solar system's astero ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 18, 2015Space & Astronomy
This week, the moon will completely cover the disk of the sun, creating a solar eclipse that only a small part of the wo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 16, 2015Earth & The Environment
Have you ever seen one of those those links you can click on along the bottom of an online article that says something l ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Hydrothermal activity detected by spacecraft finds that ocean deep below frozen surface of Enceladus is warm and c ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 12, 2015Technology
This Tuesday, the sun-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 touched down Ahmedabad, India, completing the second leg of its plan ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 05, 2015Neuroscience
Saying that sleep is an essential biological process is as obvious as saying that the sun rises every morning. Still, re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
The first celestial object that attracts the attention of many people at a young age is the ever-changing moon. The luna ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have identified a mammoth black hole weighing as much as 12 billion suns.
It's not the biggest bl ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 23, 2015Space & Astronomy
New images from NASA's NuSTAR and ESA's XMM-Newton have finally given astronomers proof that space winds coming from sup ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 09, 2015Videos
Amazing short video about our sun. Though it is sedate in comparison with other stars, our sun is a volatile neighbor, a ...Written By: Robert WoodardJAN 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
Despite having lost some of it's critical guidance systems, NASA's Kepler Space Telescope recently located a star with t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 15, 2014Earth & The Environment
Pine trees are an incredible evolutionary feat, adapting to an ever-changing environment and thriving millions of years ...OCT 20, 2014Space & Astronomy
For centuries, every civilization on Earth has looked skyward to the sun and depended on it for energy, heat, light and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 18, 2014Microbiology
Do you remember the old advertising slogan, "A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine?" Well, if someth ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 26, 2014Space & Astronomy
On February 13, 2013 a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Glowing 30 times brighter than the sun, the 500 kiloton ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 13, 2014Space & Astronomy
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has mostly been conducted by trying to detect electromagnetic radiat ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 25, 2014Space & Astronomy
About 2,000 planets have been discovered to date, making the possibility of the existence of intelligent alien life seem ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 26, 2014Space & Astronomy
In order to understand the star that produced a supernova that was discovered last year, researchers at the Weizmann Ins ...MAY 22, 2014Technology
People all over the world celebrated William Shakespeare's 450th birthday on April 23, 2014. As with many things having ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAY 15, 2014Technology
characters," Ballengée says. "I wanted to somehow recall that."
Reference: Brandon Ballengée, Stanley K. Sess ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 14, 2014Chemistry & Physics
A couple of theoretical physicists have come up with an interesting and somewhat controversial variant of the meteorite- ...JAN 16, 2014Chemistry & Physics
The energy generated by the sun offers a clean alternative just waiting to be harnessed-it's estimated that the total en ...
MAR 21, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Arctic sea ice shrank to the lowest winter extent ever recorded, according to data released today by the US-based Nation
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
First the aurora borealis and now a solar eclipse - what a week for skywatchers! Plus it occurs Friday (the first day of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Dawn, a NASA spacecraft, has arrived at Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest member of the of our solar system's astero
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 18, 2015
Space & Astronomy
This week, the moon will completely cover the disk of the sun, creating a solar eclipse that only a small part of the wo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 16, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever seen one of those those links you can click on along the bottom of an online article that says something l
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Hydrothermal activity detected by spacecraft finds that ocean deep below frozen surface of Enceladus is warm and c ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 12, 2015
Technology
This Tuesday, the sun-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 touched down Ahmedabad, India, completing the second leg of its plan
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Saying that sleep is an essential biological process is as obvious as saying that the sun rises every morning. Still, re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The first celestial object that attracts the attention of many people at a young age is the ever-changing moon. The luna
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have identified a mammoth black hole weighing as much as 12 billion suns.
It's not the biggest bl ...
It's not the biggest bl ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 23, 2015
Space & Astronomy
New images from NASA's NuSTAR and ESA's XMM-Newton have finally given astronomers proof that space winds coming from sup
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 09, 2015
Videos
Amazing short video about our sun. Though it is sedate in comparison with other stars, our sun is a volatile neighbor, a
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
JAN 26, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Despite having lost some of it's critical guidance systems, NASA's Kepler Space Telescope recently located a star with t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 15, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Pine trees are an incredible evolutionary feat, adapting to an ever-changing environment and thriving millions of years
...
OCT 20, 2014
Space & Astronomy
For centuries, every civilization on Earth has looked skyward to the sun and depended on it for energy, heat, light and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 18, 2014
Microbiology
Do you remember the old advertising slogan, "A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine?" Well, if someth
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 26, 2014
Space & Astronomy
On February 13, 2013 a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Glowing 30 times brighter than the sun, the 500 kiloton
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 13, 2014
Space & Astronomy
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has mostly been conducted by trying to detect electromagnetic radiat
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUL 25, 2014
Space & Astronomy
About 2,000 planets have been discovered to date, making the possibility of the existence of intelligent alien life seem
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 26, 2014
Space & Astronomy
In order to understand the star that produced a supernova that was discovered last year, researchers at the Weizmann Ins
...
MAY 22, 2014
Technology
People all over the world celebrated William Shakespeare's 450th birthday on April 23, 2014. As with many things having
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAY 15, 2014
Technology
characters," Ballengée says. "I wanted to somehow recall that."
Reference: Brandon Ballengée, Stanley K. Sess ...
Reference: Brandon Ballengée, Stanley K. Sess ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 14, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
A couple of theoretical physicists have come up with an interesting and somewhat controversial variant of the meteorite-
...
JAN 16, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
The energy generated by the sun offers a clean alternative just waiting to be harnessed-it's estimated that the total en
...