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...
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gite
- A French holiday home, or rented tourist cottage.
In French 'gite' means 'lodging, lair.'
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Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature. 
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930)
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