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Complex life on Earth may last 500 million years longer than expected

As the sun expands over the coming billions of years, Earth will become inhospitable to any life more complex than a microbe – but that might take longer than we thought

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Exclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100

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Spacecraft used to forecast solar storm 15 hours before it hit Earth

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The northern lights, or aurora borealis, in the UK in 2024

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Why auroras are so much brighter and more easily visible recently

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NASA and IBM built an AI to predict solar flares before they hit Earth

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These images are the first time we have seen the sun's south pole

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Amazing images reveal new details in the sun's atmosphere

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Helios at the Bath Assembly Rooms, Jan 2025

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New Ů��С��Ƶ recommends Helios, Luke Jerram's giant sun sculpture

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The Sun viewed on 29 January 2025 in the extreme ultraviolet range by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft. A vast 500,000 mile-wide coronal hole has opened in the sun's atmosphere. The area measures over 62 times the diameter of Earth and is now shooting high-speed solar wind toward Earth. When such solar activity is directed at Earth, the resulting geomagnetic storms can potentially disrupt satellite operations, power grids, navigation systems, and radio communications. There may also be spectacular displays of aurora caused as the Earth's magnetosphere is disturbed by the solar wind. According to spaceweather.com, this wind is estimated to hit Earth by Friday (31 Jan), resulting in G1 geomagnetic storm conditions.

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See huge coronal hole that opened up on the surface of the sun

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The sun emitting a solar flare on 3 October 2024

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The sun may spit out giant solar flares more often than we thought

A survey of more than 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that “superflares” that are linked to bursts of radiation which play havoc with electronics on Earth may happen every 100 to 200 years and we may be overdue one

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Parker Solar Probe will soon go deeper into the sun than ever before

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Dazzling auroras lit up the skies in 2024 and we may see more in 2025

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See the sun revealed in stunning glory by Solar Orbiter pictures

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Twin spacecraft will launch to create an artificial solar eclipse

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