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What is the composition of the Sun?
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What is the composition of the Sun?

The sun - the star in the solar system and the source of energy and natural light for the Earth. But few know exactly what constitutes the Sun.

December 17, 2018
Capture the clear sun image like never before
Space science

Capture the clear sun image like never before

Hi-C telescopes are mounted on missiles longer than 17m to glide over part of the orbit for about 10 minutes. During that time, a telescope camera captured 165 photos of…

December 17, 2018
Today the planet is farthest away from the sun
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Today the planet is farthest away from the sun

The US Naval Observatory said that the earth would reach the farthest point of the sun (aphelion) in its orbit at 4:00 GMT on July 5 (11am on Vietnamese time). At that p…

December 17, 2018
The sun sprayed the X-level flare
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The sun sprayed the X-level flare

After the M-level flare in the middle of the week, AR1515 continued to explode the X-level flare, the strongest level in the solar activity scale. Since the 1515 (AR 151…

December 17, 2018
Correctly determine the diameter of the Sun.
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Correctly determine the diameter of the Sun.

During the observation of the astronomical phenomenon that has just happened, most people in Asia and North America witnessed, Japanese scientists have calculated the ex…

December 17, 2018
Seeing the 'fire ring' around the Sun
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Seeing the 'fire ring' around the Sun

The phenomenon of the upper ring of fire is also known as the solar solar eclipse, which is Latin for 'circle', visible from various areas in Asia, the Pacific region an…

December 17, 2018
Giant black spots appeared on the sun
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Giant black spots appeared on the sun

Scientists from the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) discovered a group of dark spots using data from Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA's solar tracking spacecraft. The group…

December 17, 2018
The Sun's magnetic field will polarize in May
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The Sun's magnetic field will polarize in May

The Yomiuri daily issued on April 21 led the source of Japan's National Astronomical Observatory (NAOJ), saying that the electrodes on the two halves of the Sun's hemisp…

December 17, 2018
GPS can alert tsunamis faster than today
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GPS can alert tsunamis faster than today

The Global Positioning System (GPS) can provide tsunami warnings faster than the system currently deployed. This is confirmed by German researchers after learning about…

December 17, 2018
Manufacturing satellites near the Sun.
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Manufacturing satellites near the Sun.

Britain will lead the production of SolO closer to Earth than any current satellite. Equipped with telescope, camera, SolO will take pictures and perform measurements fr…

December 17, 2018