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Scientists solve 200-year-old mystery of the Sun’s turning blue

The eruption released vast amounts of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, triggering global cooling and unusual climatic conditions that year

An illustration shows an artist's conception of NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Photo: HO/NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/AFP/File
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NASA spacecraft successfully completes closest-ever approach to the sun

An illustration shows an artist's conception of NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Photo: HO/NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/AFP/File
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes closest ever pass by the Sun

This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. It's designed to take solar punishment like never before, thanks to its revolutionary heat shield that's capable of withstanding 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,370 degrees Celsius). Photo: AP/UNB
Tech

Nasa's Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before

A GOES-16 Solar Ultraviolet Imager image of the sun on May 10. Photo: NOAA
World+Biz

Severe solar storm to hit Earth; major power outages, flights rerouting likely

Despite having a five-year mission lifespan, Aditya-L1 will probably continue to observe the Sun for a much longer time. Photo: Collected
Tech

Understanding ‘Aditya’

The sun as seen by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft in extreme ultraviolet light in this mosaic of 25 individual images taken on 7 March 2023, by the high resolution telescope of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument. File Photo: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI team/Handout via REUTERS
South Asia

India sets September launch date for mission to study the sun

FILE PHOTO: A medium-sized (M2) solar flare and a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupting from the same, large active region of the Sun on July 14, 2017. NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Science

Russian scientists warn of powerful solar flare activity today

Part of Sun breaks off near its North Pole
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Part of Sun breaks off near its North Pole

What would happen if the Sun disappeared?
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What would happen if the Sun disappeared?

Large Comet headed towards Sun
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Large Comet headed towards Sun

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Science

Winter solstice today, Google celebrates it with animated doodle

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Middle East

Sun, sea and the opposite sex as Saudi slowly loosens up