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Sunspots and solar flares, created by the sun's magnetism, can affect the Earth's surface
he showed that certain areas of the sun were highly magnetic, with fields thousands of times stronger than Earth's. This magnetism was strongest in dark regions called sunspots. In the 17th ...
The Northern Lights Will Be Visible This Week — How to Watch the Stunning Spectacle
March is one of the best months of the year to see the aurora borealis. Here's how to catch a glimpse of the northern lights ...
Ancient Asteroid Unlocks 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Magnetic Secrets of the Solar System
A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...
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The Sun Could Enter An Even More Dangerous Phase Than Solar Maximum
The Sun's activity typically peaks at solar maximum, but there's an even more dangerous stage it could enter, and with ...
As spring equinox nears, look for the northern lights: We explain why
As the spring equinox approaches, northern lights hunters will scour the skies for breathtaking displays of color.
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The Effects of the Sun's Rotation and the Moon's Revolution on the Earth's Magnetism
WHEN the mean horizontal force of the earth's magnetism for each day of the year has been deduced from well-corrected observations of the bifilar magnetometer, and the results have been projected ...
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Powerful 'equinox auroras' may arrive soon: Why changing seasons can bring the best northern lights
Related: 32 stunning photos of auroras seen from space The northern lights occur when charged particles from the sun — called ...
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Watch the sun erupt in new images from NOAA's weather satellite
The team captured a coronal mass ejection (CME), which is a massive burst of charged particles and magnetic fields, erupting from the sun's far side, near its north pole. Sometimes, these storms ...