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A solar flare photographed in the extreme ultraviolet. (NASA)
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Solar Activity Has Potential to Bring Northern Lights to Valley

By Steve Fullerton 2 weeks ago

The Sun has been active the past few days, and if you were lucky (like Mike Daniels), you saw some Northern Lights early last week. More aurora over the Bitterroot Valley may be coming our way in the coming days or weeks

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A recent self-portrait of the Mars rover Curiosity. (JPL/NASA)
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Mars Rovers on a ‘Sunny’ Vacation – Call Back Later

By Steve Fullerton April 11, 2013

Since April 4th, the Mars rovers Curiosity and Opportunity have "hung up" their phones.

It's a planned disconnect, though. NASA reports that every two years the Earth and Mars end up on opposite sides of the Sun as they roll around the Solar System

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Earth is barely visible under the sun at left. (Discovery/Youtube)
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Wanna See Something Cool? Relative Sizes of Earth, Sun and More

By Steve Fullerton November 26, 2012

I run across these things every so often. The sun is huge, compared to our little planet.

But the Discovery Channel has a nice little(?) comparison that shows some real size. It's a little hard to wrap your mind around, but it deserves a look

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Venus during transit of Sun. (NASA/Hinode)
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Here’s Venus Passing in Front of Sun

By Steve Fullerton June 9, 2012

That's a planet on the edge of the Sun.

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Venus passes in front of the Sun in 2004. (NASA)
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Venus Transits Sun Tuesday Afternoon

By Steve Fullerton June 4, 2012

Don't look at the sun, look on-line!

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Staying Safe in the Sun

By brooke April 28, 2012

In Montana, we spend the majority of the year hiding beneath thick layers of clothing. But when the sun comes out, so should the suncreen.

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The sun today with Sunspot 1429 (top-left). (Photo from Solar Dynamics Observatory, Goddard Spaceflight Center, NASA)
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Auroras Expected from Solar Storm

By Steve Fullerton March 8, 2012

The sunspot that has been featured on most of the news program March 8th is still growing. It's that white ribbon-like feature on the sun photo and is now about 7 "Earths" wide....that should give you an idea of how big the sun is

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