Four Large Flares in 48 Hours
A very energetic active region right at the Sun's edge blasted out four X-class flares (largest class) in two days (May 13-15, 2013), as well as several less flares. The active region is rotating around so that it will be...
Word of the Day
malebolgian
- Pertaining to or resembling Malebolge, the eighth circle in Dante's description of Hell.
'Malebolge' translates from Italian as 'bad valley.'
Quote of the Day
Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved. 
- Jacob Bronowski (1908 - 1974)
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