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Spacecraft unveils 1st-ever images of sun's south pole: 'Beginning of a new era'
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were released this week.
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Does the color purple really exist?
As a result, purple and magenta are known as "nonspectral" colors, because they don't really exist as actual electromagnetic ...
Clingy planets can trigger their own doom, Cheops and TESS suggest
Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...
What should you look for when choosing sunscreen?
Ideally, you want a sunscreen with a high SPF and a high star rating. These levels of protection assume sunscreen has been ...
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Exoplanets that cling too tightly to their stars trigger their own doom: 'This is a completely new phenomenon'
Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme — triggering stellar flares from their own ...
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What does the UV index say? When to get out of the sun
To get through the hottest days of summer, here's how to read the UV index so you know when the sun is most dangerous.
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World’s largest solar telescope takes first ultra-detailed image of the sun | CNN - CNN International
The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye telescope debuted a close-up of the sun captured by its new, ultra-powerful imaging tool. Here’s what you can see.
How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?
How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...
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US scientists shatter 165-year-old physics law, could unlock energy breakthrough
A new material developed at Penn State defies a fundamental law of physics, opening doors to highly efficient solar cells.
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Solar Orbiter mission captures images of the Sun's south pole for the first time ever
Solar Orbiter captures first-ever images of the Sun’s poles, offering insights into solar magnetism, atmospheric motion, and the solar wind.
Rewriting a century-old physics law on thermal radiation to unlock the potential of energy, sensing and more
A research team from Penn State has broken a 165-year-old law of thermal radiation with unprecedented strength, setting the ...
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World’s largest solar telescope takes first ultra-detailed image of the sun - CNN
The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye telescope debuted a close-up of the sun captured by its new, ultra-powerful imaging tool. Here’s what you can see.