Sunspots could soon disappear for decades: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sunspot formation is triggered by a magnetic field, which scientists say is steadily declining. They predict that by 2016 there may be no remaining sunspots, and the sun may stay spotless ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2010 |
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A Puzzling Collapse of Earth's Upper Atmosphere
NASA-funded researchers are monitoring a big event in our planet's atmosphere. High above Earth's surface where the atmosphere meets space, a rarefied layer of gas called "the thermosphere" recently collapsed ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Scientists find errors in hypothesis linking solar flares to global temperature
(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of climate science is nothing if not complex, where a host of variables interact with each other in intricate ways to produce various changes. Just like any other area of science, ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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What's down with the Sun? Major drop in solar activity predicted
(PhysOrg.com) -- A missing jet stream, fading spots, and slower activity near the poles say that our Sun is heading for a rest period even as it is acting up for the first time in years, according to scientists ...
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Jun 14, 2011 |
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Are Sunspots Disappearing?
The sun is in the pits of the deepest solar minimum in nearly a century. Weeks and sometimes whole months go by without even a single tiny sunspot. The quiet has dragged out for more than two years, prompting ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Our Sun: A Little Slow On the Uptake for Cycle 24
A very recent article carried by the BBC called, 'Quiet Sun Baffling Astronomers' sent me in a twitter of research activity. The BBC article's head notes include "The Sun is the Dimmest It Has Been for Nearly ...
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Discovery of an extrasolar earth-sized planet
(PhysOrg.com) -- There are now over 490 confirmed extrasolar planets. The vast majority are gas giants like Jupiter, but they are much stranger because many orbit close to their stars and so are much hotter ...
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Long-standing sunspot puzzle solved
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde and Central Lancashire have used 21st Century solar observations and image processing to finally solve a sunspot puzzle first noticed ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission
For some years now, an unorthodox idea has been gaining favor among astronomers. It contradicts old teachings and unsettles thoughtful observers, especially climatologists.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Solar Mystery Solved
(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar flares are amongst the most dangerous cosmic phenomena man has ever known. Though they pose no harm to humans, their effect on technology is vast. When they occur, they possess the capability ...
Aug 26, 2009 |
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How the sun gets its spots
Sunspots are huge, dark, irregularly shaped--and yet, temporary--areas of intense magnetism on the sun that expand and contract as they move.
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Jan 07, 2011 |
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How Low Can It Go? Sun Plunges into the Quietest Solar Minimum in a Century
(PhysOrg.com) -- The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 01, 2009 |
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New Solar Cycle Prediction
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international panel of experts led by NOAA and sponsored by NASA has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle. Solar Cycle 24 will peak, they say, in May 2013 with a below-average ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 01, 2009 |
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New Solar Cycle Prediction: Fewer Sunspots, But Not Necessarily Less Activity
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international panel of experts has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle, stating that Solar Cycle 24 will peak in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots. Led by ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 27, 2009 |
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Something new on the Sun: Spacecraft observes new characteristics of solar flares
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has provided scientists new information about solar flares indicating an increase in strength and longevity that is more than previously thought.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 07, 2011 |
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