We thought Voyager 1, our farthest spacecraft, had arrived at edge of the heliosphere, but there is something fishy about Voyager 1’s new data.
Posts Tagged ‘sun’
Where is Voyager 1?
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013IRIS Spacecraft Launch
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launches on June 27th to study how the sun’s corona gets so hot.
Earth’s Larger Neighborhood
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
Astronomers realize that our Solar System is located on a longer arm in the Milky Way.
Solar Storm Hits Earth
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Or so the headlines have read for the past few days. Here’s the skinny on the largest solar storm since 2003…
Unbelievable Science News!
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Freaks, Exoplanets and Sea Urchins: Here are some headlines we didn’t want you to miss this week.
Solar Activity
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
On Sunday, a sunspot erupted into a solar flare triggering a host of exciting solar activity and possible auroras here on Earth.
Citizen Astronomy
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Want to explore the Moon or spot explosions on the Sun? Go ahead…
Cowabunga! Surfing the Sun
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Solar scientists are very busy these days…
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