Alaska's View of Venus Transit May be Hampered by Cloud Cover
As the world awaits the historic transit of Venus across the face of the sun, an occurrence that will not happen again until 2117, weather in the best viewing location isn't cooperating.
Sunspot 1476, Now Designated Sunspot 1493 Swinging Back into Earth's View
Sunspot 1476, the most prominent feature in our field of view on the sun last month, is now rotating back into view. It now has the designation 1493.
Super-Eruptions May Have Surprisingly Short Fuses
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Enormous volcanic eruptions with potential to end civilizations may have surprisingly short fuses, researchers have discovered.
Purdue Professor Offers Hypothesis for Faint Young Sun Paradox
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — More than 2 billion years ago, a much fainter sun should have left the Earth as an orbiting ice ball, unfit to develop life as we know it today. Why the Earth avoided the deep freeze is a question that has puzzled scientists, but Purdue University's David Minton believes he might […]