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7 Fascinating Facts About the Sun
He wasn't wrong—the sun is 99.8 percent of the mass of the solar system. But what is that giant ball of fire in the sky? How ...
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The Solar System Passed Through a Massive Cosmic Wave Millions of Years Ago — And This May Have Cooled Earth
As the solar system passed through this region, its denser environment may have compressed the Sun’s protective bubble—the ...
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Why the Parker Solar Probe is trying to ‘touch’ the sun
Among the various places humans have aspired to visit in the solar system, the sun remains the most foreboding. On December 24, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe arrived within 6.1 million km from ...
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'Experiencing the solar system for yourself': Sun obscured over the UK in partial solar eclipse
At that point, around 30-40% of the sun was obscured, according to the Royal Observatory. Most of us are normally unaware of the mechanics of the solar system. But when the silhouette of the moon ...