NASA scientist Ed Stone led the Voyager program for 50 years, making unprecedented solar system discoveries. Stone died recently, but inspired future generations of scientists.
Footage shows return of colossal sunspot that created Northern Lights
An astrophotographer used a telescope to capture a giant sunspot. This region was responsible for creating the geomagnetic storms that recently created historic Northern Lights on Earth.
Why Earthlings are safe when huge solar storms strike our planet
When solar storms and coronal mass ejections hit Earth and create the Northern Lights, people are physically protected from radiation by Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere.
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It’s too late for nuclear to save the climate
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