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is the focus of the POETRY website, which explores solar storms and how they affect us, space weather, and the Northern Lights. A 64-page workbook of hands-on activities examines Earth's magnetosphere. Create a classroom magnetometer. Solve the space science problem of the week. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
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At the center of the Sun, temperatures reach 15 million degrees Centigrade. Its store of hydrogen turns to helium via thermonuclear fusion. Every second, 600 million tons of matter are converted to pure, radiant energy. It takes many thousands of years for this light energy to make it to the surface because there is so much matter in the way. |
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