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Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star - a ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time ...

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An astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the ...

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