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  Today, NASA researchers announced an event that will transform our view of the Sun and could super-c
NASA Sees the Dark Side of the Sun
Today, NASA researchers announced an event that will transform our view of the Sun and super-charge the field of solar physics for many years to come.
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  A new NASA-funded study details what might happen to our modern, high-tech society in the event of a
Severe Space Weather--Social and Economic Impacts
A new NASA-funded study details what might happen to our modern, high-tech society in the event of a 'super solar flare' followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm. Some of the conclusions might surprise you.
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  NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth's magnetic field ten times larger th
Giant Breach in Earth's Magnetic Field Discovered
NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth's magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist. The size of the opening and the strange way it forms could overturn long-held ideas of space physics.
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  Solar flares are supposed to obliterate everything in their vicinity, yet one of the most powerful f
Solar Flare Surprise
Solar flares are supposed to obliterate everything in their vicinity, yet one of the most powerful flares of the past 30 years has done just the opposite, emitting a beam of pure and unbroken hydrogen atoms. Researchers think this strange event could yield vital clues to the inner workings of solar flares.
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  An international team of researchers has discovered a puzzling surplus of high-energy electrons bomb
Discovered: Cosmic Rays from a Mysterious, Nearby Object
An international team of researchers has discovered a puzzling surplus of high-energy electrons bombarding Earth from space. The source of these cosmic rays is unknown, but it must be close to the solar system and it could be made of dark matter.
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  A surge of new-cycle sunspots in October may signal the beginning of the end of the ongoing solar mi
Solar Cycle Update: The Sun Shows Signs of Life
A surge of new-cycle sunspots in October may signal the beginning of the end of the ongoing solar minimum.
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  The Case of the Missing Gamma-ray Bursts
Gamma-ray bursts are by far the brightest and most powerful explosions in the Universe, second only to the Big Bang itself. So it might seem a bit surprising that a group of them has gone missing.
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  The Oddball Hosts of Gamma-ray Bursts
Cosmic explosions known as gamma-ray bursts are curiously picky about where they explode. Shunning spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, gamma-ray bursts prefer to 'go off' in oddball star systems that astronomers are just beginning to understand.
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  Brief Mystery: What are Short Gamma-ray Bursts?
A curiously short-lived type of gamma-ray burst has astronomers puzzled. Leading experts discuss the clues at today's Gamma-ray Burst Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama.
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