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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Meant to Look at the Sun. Astronomers Tried It Anyway
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
NASA probe expected to make history with closest approach to the sun
A NASA spacecraft may have made history, flying closer to the sun than any object sent before. The Parker Solar Probe had been on course to fly around 6.1 million kilometres from the surface of the ...
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How much sunlight will there be at the end of January? What we'll see in mid-Hudson Valley
The vernal equinox is on March 20. Also known as the spring equinox, the Earth's axis is not titled toward or away from the ...
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Sun to be at its biggest and brightest on Perihelion Day 2025; date and time of the special event
not by how far the planet is from the sun. When Perihelion takes place in the winter in the Northern Hemisphere, this region is tilted away from the Sun, resulting in cooler temperatures despite a ...
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Planet Earth, explained
During this circuit, our planet is an average of 93 million miles away from the sun, a distance that takes light about eight minutes to traverse. Astronomers define this distance as one ...