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Earth just reached its nearest point to the sun, so why aren’t we burning?

Each year, Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in early January, a moment called perihelion. In 2026, this occurred on ...
Science Focus

Our Solar System has a wall. And NASA is about to reveal its true shape

NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

Northern lights tonight? What to know about Sunday's solar flare

NOAA confirmed an X-class solar flare originating from Active Region 4341 on the Sun on Sunday, Jan. 18.
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What are solar storms and the solar wind? 3 astrophysicists explain how particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth

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