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Star-Crossed Solstice: The Shortest Day of the Year Coincides with the Great Conjunction
The winter solstice took place at 5:02 a.m. EST today, and will be closely followed by the Great Conjunction, the closest that Jupiter and Saturn will
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How to Safely Stare at the Sun: SOHO, SDO, and GOES-R Instruments
As an agency, NOAA’s science isn’t just limited to Earth and its atmosphere. NOAA’s reach goes…
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Top 5 Times Solar Activity Affected Earth
Over the course of the Sun’s 11-year solar cycle, the star goes through a period of increased and decreased activity…
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What’s the Big Deal about Solar Cycles?
The Sun is Earth’s nearest star—a giant orb of hydrogen and helium about 93 million miles away. To many people, it looks…
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Largest Solar Flare Since 2017 Spotted on the Sun
On May 29, 2020, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the largest solar flare since October 2017.
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This Year’s Vernal Equinox Is the Earliest in 124 Years
This year, the vernal equinox occurs on March 19, 2020. The last time it occurred this early was in 1896.
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GOES East Celebrates the Autumnal Equinox
In 2019, the official start of fall—the Autumnal Equinox—was Monday, Sept. 23 at 3:50 a.m. EDT.
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Parts of Chile and Argentina Experience Total Solar Eclipse
NOAA's GOES East saw the moon’s shadow as it moved west to east across South America on July 2, 2019. Parts of Chile and Argentina…
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