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Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World

Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World

IMAGE GALLERY

This image of the corona was taken with the Yohkoh Soft X-Ray Telescope and shows the complex, hot plasmas that make up the corona

This image of the corona was taken with the Yohkoh Soft X-Ray Telescope and shows the complex, hot plasmas that make up the corona

This image appears in the #58: Why is the Sun's Corona So Hot? Technology Through Time article.

Space Weather Fact

The largest, single, challenge for astronauts traveling to Mars will be to overcome exposure to solar storms and radiation.

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