Grenada reports decreased activity at underwater volcano
An underwater volcano north of Grenada is showing a decline in seismic activity, authorities on the eastern Caribbean island said Saturday.
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2015
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News tagged with active region
Earth-directed CME lights the skies
Earth experienced a geomagnetic storm on June 22, 2015 due to the arrival of an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, or CME, from June 20.
Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2015
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SDO sees returning sunspot produce mid-level flare
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 12:48 p.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of ...
Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2014
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Giant sunspot returns – and it's bigger and badder than ever
The largest sunspot seen in 24 years is rotating back to face the Earth, and it looks to have grown even bigger.
Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2014
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Sources of the solar wind
The solar chromosphere is the region between the Sun's surface and its hot, million-degree corona. Within this complex interface zone, only a few thousand kilometers deep, the density of the gas drops by a factor of about ...
Space Exploration
Nov 5, 2014
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Partial solar eclipse shows off massive sunspot
Astronomers with the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) captured pictures not only of Thursday's partial solar eclipse, but also of the "monster" sized active region or ...
Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2014
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Giant sunspot makes third trip across the sun
a magnetically strong and complex region on the sun's surface – has just appeared over the sun's horizon. This is the third trip for this region across the face of the sun, which takes approximately 27 days to make a complete ...
Space Exploration
Feb 28, 2014
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Image: Coronal loops in an active region of the sun
An active region of the sun just rotating into the view of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory gives a profile view of coronal loops over about a two-day period, from Feb. 8-10, 2014.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2014
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X-Class solar flare: Nov. 19
Adding on to a series of solar flares throughout October and November, the sun emitted another significant solar flare on Nov. 19, 2013, peaking at 5:26 a.m. EST. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation ...
Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2013
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Secrets of pineapple nutrition revealed
(Phys.org) —A researcher from The University of Queensland, has conducted the world's first pineapple microarray to gain a better understanding of tropical fruit development at the molecular level.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 2, 2013
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