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A red dwarf star unleashes a series of powerful flares.

Astronomers uncover risks to planets that could host life

05 Aug 2024

Astronomers have discovered that red dwarf stars can produce stellar flares that carry far-ultraviolet (far-UV) radiation levels much higher than...

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Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31

Solar storms could cost USA tens of billions of dollars

19 Jan 2017

The daily economic cost to the USA from solar storm-induced electricity blackouts could be in the tens of billions of dollars, with more than half...

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Soap film singularity

A new twist on soap films

23 May 2014

Soap films with complex shapes shed light on the formation of mathematical singularities, which occur in a broad range of fields.

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Solar flare

First sightings of solar flare phenomena confirm 3D models of space weather

27 Mar 2014

Video of magnetic field lines “slipping reconnection” bring scientists a step closer to predicting when and where large flares will occur.

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Sun's active region loops

New light shed on explosive solar activity

02 Jul 2012

The first images of an upward surge of the Sun’s gases into quiescent coronal loops have been identified by an international team of scientists. The...

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