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What on Earth is Sun-Earth Day?
Image Credit: Sylvie Beland/NASA Today is Earth Day, the internationally designated time to pay extra-special attention to human impact on Earth’s ecology. But in addition to your Earth Day observances, why not join NASA scientists this year in celebrating Sun-Earth Day, an astronomically educational holiday designed to recognize special moments between Earth and our Sun? [...]
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NASA telescope snaps most detailed photos of the Sun ever taken
We've always been warned never to look directly at the sun, but on July 11 a team of scientists from NASA did exactly that. They were using a specialized telescope called the High Resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C for short) and … Con... Read Post
Sun glints seen from space signal oceans and lakes
In two new videos from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, bright flashes of light known as sun glints act as beacons signaling large bodies of water on Earth. These observations give scientists a way to pick out planets beyond our solar... Read Post
Earth Would Be a Flashing "Life Exists Here!" Billboard to ET Astronomers
In two new videos from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, bright flashes of light known as sun glints act as beacons signaling large bodies of water on Earth. These observations give scientists a way to pick out planets beyond our solar... Read Post