PinnedVicky WoodburnStorms from the Sun: What Is Space Weather and Why Should We Care?For Richard Carrington, September 1, 1859, began the same way that most of his days did. The amateur astronomer pointed his telescope at…Jan 14, 2021Jan 14, 2021
Vicky WoodburnCan You Extinguish the Sun?What would happen if you dumped a Sun-sized bucket of water on the Sun itself? I don’t recoommend it , but it’s stranger than you think!Jan 20, 20213Jan 20, 20213
Vicky WoodburnWhat It Takes to Touch the SunNASA’s Parker Solar Probe is on a mission to touch the Sun. To get there, the team had to “turn up the heat” and innovate wildly.Jan 20, 20211Jan 20, 20211