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Comet Makes Death-Defying Plunge into the Sun [VIDEO]

By Dr. John Ohab, Naval Research Laboratory Public Affairs In the video below, Comet Lovejoy races through a several-million degree solar corona as it passes the Sun on December 15th, 2011 (EST). The...

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NRL Scientists “See” Flux Rope Formation for the First Time

Naval Research Laboratory scientists have observed, for the very first time, the formation of solar flux ropes, which are a type of solar magnetic field. Models of flux ropes have been drawn by...

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The Approach of the Comet ISON

When Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), a so-called Sungrazing comet, sweeps by the Sun TODAY, telescopes developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will be lined up for a spectacular front row view....

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