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  2. Biggest ever solar storm identified using ancient tree rings

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    Researchers have identified the biggest ever solar storm – when the sun emits huge bursts of energy – using ancient tree rings. The event happened 14,300 years ago, according to the analysis ...

  3. Corona (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    Lunar corona A solar corona up Beinn Mhòr (South Uist). In meteorology, a corona (plural coronae) is an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of sunlight or moonlight (or, occasionally, bright starlight or planetlight) [1] by individual small water droplets and sometimes tiny ice crystals of a cloud or on a foggy glass surface.

  4. Halo (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    A halo (from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs) 'threshing floor, disk') [1] is an optical phenomenon produced by light (typically from the Sun or Moon) interacting with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. Halos can have many forms, ranging from colored or white rings to arcs and spots in the sky.

  5. Astronomical rings - Wikipedia

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    Historically they were used to accurately determine the length of the solar year. A fixed meridional ring on its own can be used as an analemma calendar sundial, which can be read only at noon. When the shadow of the rings are aligned so that they appear to be in the same, or nearly the same, place, the meridian identifies itself.

  6. Next solar eclipse: When and where to view the celestial event

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    A total solar eclipse is far different from a partial eclipse or a ring of fire event, as the moon completely covers the sun, casting a shadow that plunges a swath of the Earth into darkness for ...

  7. Huge ancient solar storm revealed by tree rings in French Alps

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    Annual growth rings inside the ancient remains of Scots pine trees in the Southern French Alps have revealed evidence of the largest-known solar storm, one that might have fried satellites and ...

  8. Rings of Chariklo - Wikipedia

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    Chariklo is the largest confirmed member of a class of small bodies known as centaurs, which orbit the Sun between Saturn and Uranus in the outer Solar System.Forecasts had shown that, as seen from South America, it would pass in front of the 12.4-magnitude star UCAC4 248-108672, located in the constellation Scorpius, on 3 June 2013.

  9. Photos: Solar spectators view the annular 'ring of fire' eclipse

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    The ring of fire was visible in parts of South America, specifically over Rapa Nui, as well as in parts of Argentina and Chile. ... The moon moves across the sun during an annular solar eclipse ...

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