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From the largest planets to comets, there are a variety of worlds in the Solar System that experience aurorae. On Earth, the ...
We are quickly approaching the most active part of the Sun's 11-year cycle. Our star is flinging a barrage of charged streams ...
The search for quantum gravity has gone on for 100 years, but it is not the only unification challenge in physics. Many of us ...
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After several quiet weeks for the sun, Dec. 8 saw an X-class solar flare erupt. Displays of auroras could be possible in its ...
Earth has a magnetic field because there’s molten iron in its core. As the liquid metal moves and flows, it makes a giant ...
The Sun might be overdue for a storm stronger than any we’ve seen in recent history, based on an analysis of similar stars in ...
Scientists at CERN's ALICE detector are replicating conditions found during the Big Bang, attempting to get to the bottom of how matter came to dominate over antimatter.