Solar Variability

Credit: NASA, Posted on: Sunday, 11 May 2008, 09:34 CDT Download full size image

The sun radiates huge amounts of electromagnetic energy in all directions. Earth is only one small recipient of the sun's energy; the sun's rays extend far out into the solar system, illuminating all the other planets.

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