Watch a Sunset Solar Eclipse on October 23rd
Sunsets are always pretty. One sunset this month could be out of this world. On Thursday, Oct. 23rd, the setting sun across eastern parts of the…
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Astronomers Worldwide Wowed by Transit of Venus
Astronomers around the world looked to the sky on the night of June 5th and morning of June 6th to observe Venus as it passed across…
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A Breakthrough on Sunpots
Imagine forecasting a hurricane in Miami weeks before the storm was even a swirl of clouds off the coast of Africa or predicting a tornado in…
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Scientists using NASA’s RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision, and they find that it is not a perfect sphere. During…
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