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Summer solstice arrives in North AmericaThe summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, falls on June 20 this year in North America, and June 21 in Europe.
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Friday the 13th solar storm could bring auroras to 18 US states this weekendSpace weather experts warn that a "moderate" geomagnetic storm could rock Earth over the weekend, potentially lighting the skies with vibrant auroras across large parts of the U.S. and Europe.
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Powerful solar telescope unveils ultra-fine magnetic 'curtains' on the sun's surfaceThe Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever images of the sun’s surface, revealing ultra-fine bright and dark stripes called striations that are caused by powerful magnetic fluctuations.
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Bottom of the sun becomes visible to humans for the first time in history (photos)For the first time, scientists have imaged the elusive south pole of the sun. The images captured by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal our star's magnetic field is a powder keg ready to blow.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe spots powerful magnetic explosion aimed at the sun's surfaceNASA's Parker Solar Probe has directly observed a powerful magnetic explosion in the sun's corona that could help us predict geomagnetic storms on Earth.
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The sun: Facts about the bright star at the center of the solar systemDiscover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.
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New 8K-resolution photos of the sun show off incredible details of raging sunspotsAdvanced image restoration techniques have produced reconstructed views of the sun with an 8K image resolution for the first time.
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Space photo of the week: Pink 'raindrops' on the sun captured in greatest detail everSolar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.
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Giant 'senior citizen' sunspot on 3rd trip around the sun could break a century-old recordA large sunspot has just reappeared on the sun's Earth-facing surface, almost two months after it first emerged. The unusually old dark patch remains stable and could be on course to become the longest-lived sunspot on record, experts claim.
