Book Review: The Sun: Beginner’s Guide to Our Local Star
We’re back with another book review: a guide to the sun by Dr. Ryan French!
We’re back with another book review: a guide to the sun by Dr. Ryan French!
What if we could use continuous gravitational waves from far away pulsars to learn about the inside of our very own sun? The authors of today’s paper explore what it would take to make this far-out idea a reality.
“Twists, turns, and dynamic interplay between magnetic fields and plasma in the Sun’s atmosphere”: We interviewed solar physicist George Fisher about his plenary talk at the upcoming #AAS242!
Guest author Neha Krishnakumar describes how the sun can have life-changing effects on one of the most unlikely parts of Earth: whales. The effects of solar storms are thought to increase the number of whale strandings that occur each year.
Astrobites covers the 4th and final day of talks at AAS 240.
The Solar Cycle sees our Sun alternate between phases of tempest and tranquility driven by its magnetic field roughly every 11 years. It has been difficult to measure the magnetic strength when the Sun goes silent – until now.