The sunspot is three times the size of planet Earth A huge sunspot has doubled in size in just 24 hours, and a significant solar flare is now pointing towards Earth. Sunspots are dark, planet-size regions of strong magnetic fields on the surface of the sun, as Space.com explains. They can produce eruptive disturbances such […]

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Have you got what it takes to enter the great beyond? The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking for new astronauts for the first time in over a decade, and plans to recruit up to six career astronauts to join “humankind’s greatest adventure for the benefit of Earth”. It is also looking for up to […]

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