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Why the Sun Can Change What We See in the Night Sky
When we look up at the night sky, we think of the cosmos as a calm, unchanging museum of distant stars. Yet, our local star—the Sun—plays a massive, active role…
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What Happens to Earth When a Powerful Solar Storm Hits
When a violent eruption on the sun hurls a billion-ton cloud of magnetized plasma straight toward our planet, the consequences reach far beyond a pretty light show in the night…