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1 July 2002: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite reveals a massive solar eruption more than 30 times the Earth's diameter. The eruption formed when a loop of a magnetic field over the surface of the Sun trapped hot gas.

6 Questions About the Sun Answered

Infinite space background with silhouette of telescope. This image elements furnished by NASA.

Telescopes: Seeing Stars

M17, the Swan Nebula, is a star-making cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.

How Do We Know How Far Away the Stars Are?

Colorful winter sunset

What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?

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NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg

Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

B-52G with cruise missiles, USAF, short range attack missiles SRAMs; guided missile

11 of the World’s Most Famous Warplanes

Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

Computer mapping, woman at early 1990s computer

Timeline of the 1990s

Internet http://www blue screen. Hompepage blog 2009, history and society, media news television, crowd opinion protest, In the News 2009, breaking news

Who Invented the Internet?

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