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Sun erupts its biggest solar flare in 4 years
Science | July 05, 2021 23:29 ISTThe Sun recently unleashed its biggest solar flare in four years. The flare occurred from a sunspot called "AR2838" on July 3, caused a brief radio blackout on Earth, according to the Space Weather Prediction Centre (SWPC).
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Bengaluru witnesses rare atmospheric phenomenon 'Sun Halo'
Science | May 24, 2021 23:32 ISTIndia's tech hub witnessed an optical phenomenon - Sun Halo or a rainbow-coloured ring around the sun across Bengaluru on Monday, which brightened up the day with several people on social media sharing pictures and funny captions with it.
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NASA-ESA Sun-watching spacecraft captures first solar eruption
Science | May 18, 2021 23:27 ISTNASA and European Space Agency's Sun-watching spacecraft has captured the first solar eruption.
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Tips to protect yourself against the summer sun
Beauty | May 13, 2021 15:17 ISTFollow the advice of a good dermatologist to protect your skin against UV and infrared damage while you stay indoors and continue to apply sunscreen at home.
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Sun is entering Purva Bhadrapad Nakshatra, know the impact on people
Astrology | March 04, 2021 9:49 ISTOn March 4, at 6 pm, Suryadev will enter Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra and will stay here till 2.21 pm on the late night of March 17.
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GREGOR telescope captures disturbingly-close pictures of sunspot. Take a look
Science | September 07, 2020 19:38 ISTGREGOR Telescope has captured highest-resolution pictures of the sun and they are undoubtedly eerie and amazing at the same time. The European telescope at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, Spain, and operated by German scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Solar Physics.
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NASA selects potential mission to study dynamics of the Sun
Science | August 30, 2020 18:12 ISTNASA has picked five proposals for concept studies of missions to help improve understanding of the dynamics of the Sun and the space environment with which it interacts around Earth.
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NASA releases new photo showing shape of bubble surrounding our solar system
Science | August 08, 2020 16:40 ISTScientists have developed a new puffy model for the shape of the Sun's heliosphere or the magnetic bubble that surrounds our solar system.
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Solar Orbiter probe snaps closest pictures of Sun
Science | July 16, 2020 21:25 ISTThe first images snapped by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, an international collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, or ESA, are now available for the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun.
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NASA, ESA set to release first images from Solar Orbiter Mission
Science | July 14, 2020 9:33 ISTFollowing the February 9 launch, the Solar Orbiter had made its first close pass of the Sun in mid-June. The mission had turned on all 10 of its instruments together for the first time. This flyby captured the closest images ever taken of the Sun.
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Star brighter than sun disappears. Find out how
Science | July 14, 2020 8:48 ISTA 'monster' star that was over 2 million times brighter than the sun disappeared in 2019. A study published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society has included shocking information about the star.
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Super HD pictures of Sun captured using Hi-C camera: What it is, how it works and more
Technology | June 25, 2020 21:09 ISTLooking at Sun in super HD is super exciting. Hi-C or High-Resolution Coronal Imager is being used here to capture such a detailed shot of the sun. Can you take a similar image?
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NASA's 10-year time lapse of sun: Watch a whole decade in video
Science | June 24, 2020 23:02 ISTNASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has been watching the Sun non-stop for over a full decade. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's observatory has gathered as many as 450 million high-resolution images of the Sun, amassing 20 million gigabytes of data over the past 10 years.
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'Mirror image' of earth, sun found 3000 light-years away
Science | June 09, 2020 10:00 ISTScientists have discovered a massive exoplanet that orbits a star located some 3,000 light-years away from us and it may be potentially habitable.
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Largest ozone layer hole over Arctic closed? Here's what we know so far
Science | April 27, 2020 10:08 ISTThe largest hole in the earth's ozone layer over the Arctic has closed. Scientists have confirmed that the largest hole in the ozone layer which was 1 million square kilometers wide over the Arctic has now healed.
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New NASA mission to study causes of solar particle storms
Science | March 31, 2020 23:08 ISTNASA is planning to launch a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms -- known as solar particle storms -- into planetary space.
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Never-seen-before image of Sun captured by world's largest telescope
Science | January 30, 2020 10:50 ISTThe Sun looks like a boiling pot of popcorn, belies the notion of a bland yellow orb. Details in the newly released images show plasma, which covers the sun, that appears to boil.
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Wolf moon eclipse on January 10: Where to watch, timing of the first lunar eclipse of 2020
Science | January 07, 2020 7:57 ISTWolf moon eclipse: January 10 (Friday) is going to be a wolf moon eclipse night as we approach towards one of the four lunar eclipses in 2020. It is going to be a penumbral (partial) lunar eclipse when the earth will come between Sun and Moon.
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A Star 1400 times the Sun may explode and be visible during day, say scientists
Science | December 27, 2019 21:43 ISTBetelguese is a star in the Orion constellation and is one of the brightest objects in the sky. However, Betelgeuse has rapidly fallen down the list of brightest objects in the night sky.
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'Ring of fire': People witness annular solar eclipse in Tamil Nadu
India | December 26, 2019 12:27 ISTSolar Eclipse 2019: People in Tamil Nadu across several districts including Chennai, Tiruchirapalli, Udhagamandalam, Madurai others witnessed Solar eclipse 2019 watching sun turning into a ring of fire.
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