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Solar scientists are using deepfake AI images to unravel the mysteries of the Sun’s atmosphere. The research, being presented at the National Astronomy Meeting this week, was carried out as part of a ...

Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's coronal magnetic fields. This milestone promises to enhance our understanding of ...

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DALLAS — Scientists are starting to figure out what causes tiny eruptions on the sun called campfire flares. Campfires were discovered in 2020, when the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter probe ...

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Our understanding of the sun has come a long way in recent decades, but there are still multiple outstanding mysteries that current and future missions hope to solve. When you purchase through links ...