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the latest information about solar flares, missions, and other
recent developments from NASA, SOHO, and MDI.
Recent news articles
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Ulysses Flyby of the Sun's North Pole-
January 14, 2008
Just last week, solar physicists announced the beginning of
a new solar cycle and now, Jan. 14th, the Ulysses spacecraft
is flying over a key region of solar activity--the Sun's North
Pole.
Global
climate change -- is it real? How much, if any, is being caused
by the Sun? Who will be most affected by future problems caused
by rising seas, growing deserts, and more frequent droughts?
Visit our Global Warming section, which is frequently updated
with new research links.
What
do you know about the sun?Earth's fascinating star, our
Sun, can teach us about many things, for example, about the formation
of our Solar System, basic physics processes, or our space environment.
Try some of our quizzes to learn more about the Sun:
Would
your high school like to monitor solar storms? High above us lies
a desolate place where continual blasts of particles and energy
from the Sun pound the top of Earth's atmosphere. This "ionized"
region, where electrons and nuclei dart around freely, is a plasma
we call the ionosphere. The ionosphere reacts strongly to the intense
x-ray and ultraviolet radiation released by the Sun during a solar
flare or solar storm. We can track these solar disturbances by monitoring
changes to the Earth's ionosphere. The Solar Center has a project
to place ionospheric monitors in high schools and community colleges
around the world.
Space
Weather Center is a site designed especially for kids. You
can learn about space weather, plasma, the solar cycle, the
Earth's magnetosphere, send ecards and even play games like
Magneto Mini Golf and Solar Vision!
