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The Radcliffe Wave (Or How Space Might Have Caused An Ice Age)

The Radcliffe Wave (Or How Space Might Have Caused An Ice Age)

by Amaya Sinha | Mar 26, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Nearby in the Milky Way, the Radcliffe Wave hosts a dense concentration of dust, gas, and star clusters. And in the past few million years, the Sun might have passed right through it! But what effect did that have on our own Earth?

Following the coronal temperature profiles of stars

Following the coronal temperature profiles of stars

by Ivey Davis | Jan 2, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries

Recent models seem to replicate some funky properties of the Sun’s outermost atmosphere. Today’s authors investigate what that could mean for other stars!

Johannes Kepler and the Case of the Disappearing Sunspots

Johannes Kepler and the Case of the Disappearing Sunspots

by Annelia Anderson | Aug 29, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries, Historical Astronomy

Today’s paper uses Johannes Kepler’s pre-telescope sunspot drawings to re-examine irregular 17th century solar activity.

Eight Minutes: The Discovery of Neutrino Oscillations

Eight Minutes: The Discovery of Neutrino Oscillations

by Guest | Jul 15, 2024 | Classics, Daily Paper Summaries, Undergraduate Research

Learn about the “solar neutrino problem” and how it was solved!

Here Comes the (other) Sun

Here Comes the (other) Sun

by Keighley Rockcliffe | Mar 7, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries

How well do we know stars other than the Sun?

Book Review: The Sun: Beginner’s Guide to Our Local Star

Book Review: The Sun: Beginner’s Guide to Our Local Star

by Briley Lewis | Feb 21, 2024 | Book Reviews, Current Events, Guides

We’re back with another book review: a guide to the sun by Dr. Ryan French!

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