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To most people, the sun is a steady, never-changing source of heat and light. But to scientists, it’s a dynamic star, ...
The latest images from NASA, revealing a large cluster of sunspots on the sun's surface, illustrate fascinating aspects of our nearest star. These sunspots, appearing as small, pepper-like dots ...
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Lexington High School and BASIS Independent Bellevue won the DOE's 34th National Science Bowl, showing promise for STEM's ...
With only slight magnification several sunspots were also easily visible. The sun goes through an eleven-year cycle of sunspot activity, and we are now at a year of peak solar activity.