McDonnell Douglas MD-80 landing on the runway at sunset with runway-lights on. (Photo by: … [+] aviation-images.com/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images Is something weird happening to our sun? If you read the headlines you’d be forgiven for thinking so. CNN reported in June that the sun’s activity is …
Neptune from Voyager 2 spacecraft, c1980s. The Voyager 2 space probe was launched by NASA in August … [+] 1977. The purpose of the Voyager programme was to study the outer Solar System. Artist NASA. (Photo by Heritage Space/Heritage Images/Getty Images) Getty Images As our sun waxes towards it’s once-every-11 -years “solar maximum,” fears about …
Captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, this image showcases a solar flare that occurred on July 2, 2023. The flare, visible as a bright flash in the top right area of the Sun, emits intense ultraviolet light colored in teal, revealing the extremely hot material associated with flares. (Credit: NASA/SD) NASA/SDO The Sun unleashed a …