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Solar
Maximum |
Astronomers
recently witnessed a large scale solar event as the Sun's north
and south magnetic poles changed places. |
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12-02-2001
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Solar
Minimum |
Every
11 years the sun undergoes a period of activity called the "solar
maximum", followed by a period of quiet called the "solar
minimum". |
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23-12-1996
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13-10-1998
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15-09-1999
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2-05-2002
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Sun
Storm |
An
erupting filament lifts off the active solar surface and blasts
an enormous bubble of magnetic plasma into space. |
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27-02-2000
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8/01/2002
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Two
Sungrazer Comets |
In
a rare celestial spectacle, two comets have been observed plunging
into the Sun's atmosphere... |
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1-06-2002
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23-12-1996
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Coronal
Hole |
This
ominous, dark shape sprawling across the face of the active
Sun is a coronal hole... |
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8-01-2002
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