These results could benefit space weather forecasts.

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The SOLAR-1 satellite, operated by NOAA, has officially become operational after a nearly one million-mile journey to the Sun ...

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Once-rare displays of Northern Lights at southerly latitudes look set to continue for the foreseeable future as scientists confirmed that August saw the sun at its most active for 23 years. The sun's ...

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