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What Would Happen If The Sun Suddenly Exploded?

Of all the things to worry about, the explosion of our sun is perhaps one of the least pressing. The Earth has seen five ...
pix11

NYC doctor studies effects of sun, smoking, stress on aging

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) – A renowned New York City ...
New York Post

$66M experiment to ‘dim the sun’ to combat global warming gets OK — but critics have called it ‘barking mad’

Sounds like a bright idea. Scientists have received approval to soon test whether “dimming” the light from the sun will combat global warming — a strategy some critics have recently described as ...
The Gazette

The sun's solar activity has little effect on global warming, NOAA report highlights

Climate data in a report published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate.gov website found that the sun’s solar activity, including overall brightness and sunspot ...
EurekAlert!

Sun dogs, other celestial effects could appear in alien skies

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Ice crystals in Earth’s atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around the moon, to bright spots called sun dogs on either side of ...