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I've studied the sun for 23 years. Here's what happened during the last solar maximum and what to expect from this one.
The next solar maximum is predicted to begin in 2025 and is expected to raise some risks for Earth …
Crystal Raypole
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A powerful 'X-class' solar flare just hit Earth. Forecasters are bracing for more sun activity in the coming days.
A series of solar flares adds to a recent explosion of activity on the sun. It's a preview of solar…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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RIL acquires California-based solar software developer SenseHawk for $32 million
Reliance Industries signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in SenseHawk, a California base…
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How to stay safe in an extreme solar flare, where the sun bombards Earth with radiation and magnetic havoc
Preparing for an extreme solar storm mostly means getting ready to live without electricity for sev…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Solar flare sparks radio blackout in parts of Asia and Australia
According to the US Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), the solar flare peaked late on April 17…
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RIL’s fourth capex cycle will unwind with $60 billion value creation, says Morgan Stanley
Reliance has always gone big – and every capex cycle it undertakes is bigger and ‘newer’ than the l…
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The aurora may creep south on Saturday, appearing from Pennsylvania to Oregon because of a powerful solar flare
Scientists expect more solar storms and eruptions in the coming years, as the sun ramps up to peak …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Astronomers discover whirling electric winds at Saturn's north pole, solving a decades-old NASA mystery
Saturn's aurora borealis, unlike auroras on other planets, is driven by a powerful weather system. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Earth's satellites, power grids and planes may have more time to prepare against the threat of solar flares
A big step in tracking down the source of a natural threat to satellites, astronauts, power grids a…
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Here’s how NASA’s Parker Solar Probe entered Sun’s atmosphere for the first time
This “remarkable feat” was lauded by Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator for the Sci…
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured photos of cyclones, changing colors, and seasons on 4 distant planets
NASA's most powerful space telescope peers across the solar system to spy new storms on Jupiter and…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Goldman Sachs breaks down how a worldwide copper-mining shortage could drive parabolic gains in the metal's price over the next 10 years
"Essentially we're sleepwalking to huge deficits and scarcity. And prices will have to rise even hi…
Emily Graffeo
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The biggest solar flare since 2017 spotted by NASA — and there could be more to come as the Sun wakes up
The solar flare in question occurred on May 29 at around 3:24 EST (12:54 pm IST). it was an M-cl…
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A sun-skimming spacecraft captured video of a massive plasma eruption on the solar surface for the first time
The sun's outbursts can send plasma and electrically charged particles careening toward Earth. This…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The ‘Ring of Fire’ solar eclipse and summer solstice are on the same day for the first time 19 years — and they’re only going to get rarer
For the first time in 19 years, the ‘Ring of Fire’ solar eclipse and the longest day of summer — …
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Raindrops on other planets could be key in search for life beyond the solar system
Finding another planet that can support human life is like looking for a needle in a haystack. But …
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'Great' super solar storms strong enough to cause blackouts flare up every 25 years
According to the study, ‘great’ superstorms don’t last more than a few days. But their effect on…
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A stunning NASA time-lapse reveals a decade of the sun's solar flares, sunspots, and shifting magnetic energy
The bright flashes the video shows are eruptions like solar flares, while dark patches on the surfa…
Aria Bendix
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A newly discovered space object called 'Farfarout' is the most distant thing in our solar system
It takes Farfarout 1,000 years to orbit the sun. Distant objects like this could help astronomers i…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An eruption on the sun didn't bring the aurora to Pennsylvania or Oregon this week, but more solar outbursts are expected soon
The space-weather branch of the National Weather Service issued a watch for a "strong" solar storm …