Solar Pick
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE (JULY 2, 2019)
On July 2nd 2019, a total solar eclipse was visible in certain areas of the Pacific Ocean and southern South America. From Earth, such events are both rare and spectacular...
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Solar Pick
COMET FAMILIES MEET (JUNE 20, 2019)
This is cool! Two comets, from two different families (Kreutz & Meyer), representing two different classes of comet...
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HOTSHOT
Earth's Atmosphere Stretches Out to the Moon - and Beyond (20 Feb 2019)
The outermost part of our planet's atmosphere extends well beyond the lunar orbit -- almost twice the distance to the Moon...
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SPOTLIGHT
JHelioviewer: A new way of looking at the Sun
JHelioviewer is new visualization software that enables everybody, anywhere to explore the Sun...
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At 07:23 UT |
| Speed: 350 km/s | |
| Density: 3.18 p/cm3 | |
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