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Space radiation hits record high

The solar system is protected from galactic cosmic rays by…
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Solar ghosts may haunt Earth’s radioactive atoms

24 June 2009 by Justin Mullins It’s 1986, and there’s…
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Shedding light on the cosmic skeleton – Popular Mechanics

Astronomers have tracked down a gigantic, previously unknown assembly of…
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September astronomy notes – by John Saunders

1. Betelgeuse resolved The sharpest image ever of Betelgeuse shows…
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Scientists create first comprehensive computer model of sunspots

The interface between a sunspot's central and outer regions shows…
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Saturn to pull celestial Houdini on 11 August

  Image from Stellarium Sky map program Click here to…
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Salt finding from Nasa’s Cassini hints at ocean within Saturn moon

Cassini imaging scientists used views like this one to help…
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Reconnecting Magnetic Fields

Figure 1. Extending over many thousands of kilometers and with…
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