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By far the most massive planet in our solar system, Jupiter features giant hurricanes, auroras, abstract artistic cloudswirls, and maybe even a solid core. It also protects Earth by gravitationally clearing the solar system of asteroids and comets.
NASA's RBSP spacecraft produced the clearest-ever recording of choruses in Earth's magnetosphere.
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Northern Lights photographer Chad Blakely (lightsoverlapland.com) captured amazing imagery over Abisko National Park on Sept. 19th, 2012. He told his Facebook audience: 'After tonight there is no doubt in my mind that the solar maximum has arrived'
Energetic particles in the magnetosphere emit radio waves that are audible to humans. The NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission's (RBSP) instrumentation captured an instance of the event. The 'chorus' phenomenon is well known by scientists.
Researchers are zeroing in on these mysterious, croissant-shaped solar structures.
The fall equinox marks changing seasons this weekend, with a chance of seeing auroras.
The peak in solar activity is predicted for early to mid 2013. The space-based X-Ray Telescope (XRT) aka Hinode mission has been fixated on the Sun for years and the increase in activity is truly stunning.
See amazing photos of auroras taken in September 2012.
A string-like line of plasma was ejected from the sun Aug. 31.
NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) caught a M1.6 flare erupting from the sun just as the probe's eclipse season begins. For the month of September, the Earth will cross the SDO's line of sight, creating eclipses like the one in the video.
See spectacular photos of the giant solar prominence of Aug. 31, 2012, during a massive sun eruption.
A massive solar eruption provided a treat for skywatchers.
See photos of NASA's new twin spacecraft, the Radiation Storm Belt Probes, launching on Aug. 30, 2012.
The Radiation Belt Storm Probes are encased in a protective aluminum "suit of armor."
A series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) resembling a light bulb erupted from the sun on August 20, 2012. The only question is, what was the sun's big idea?
The rounded coronal mass ejection was released by the sun on Aug. 20, 2012.
NASA will now try to launch the Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission on Sunday, Aug. 26.
The sun is ramping up toward an activity peak in 2013.
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